Monkeypox: WHO Settles on New Name for the Virus

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it will begin using the new term mpox as a synonym for monkeypox. The global body in a statement on its website noted that both names would be used simultaneously for one year. WHO further explained in the statement that when the outbreak of monkeypox expanded this year, racist and stigmatising language online was observed.

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung

New name for monkey pox

Monkey pox should now be called Mpox — at least in English. About the correct naming of diseases.

2 months ago·Munich, Germany

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El Periódico

WHO: new name for monkeypox

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the renaming of monkeypox, which will henceforth be called 'mpox' as an abbreviation of the original name in English (monkeypox), with the aim of avoiding “racist and stigmatizing language”. As reported this Monday by the WHO through...

2 months ago·Barcelona, Spain

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