Monkeypox to be renamed by WHO to ‘MPOX’

Published November 23, 2022 4:02pm ET



The World Health Organization is planning to rename the monkeypox virus to “MPOX” in an effort to avoid racist stigma surrounding the old name after scientists aired concerns of discrimination because the virus’s origins are linked to African countries.

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