In a bid to avoid racism and stigmatisation, the World Health Organization (WHO) is renaming Monkeypox, mpox. The WHO will use mpox as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while monkeypox is phased out altogether. The move comes after the United Nations voiced concerns over the way the virus was being reported by the world’s media after an outbreak in May earlier this year. The UN believes the reporting appeared to “reinforce homophobic and Racist Stereotypes and exacerbate stigma.” The latest surge in monkeypox infections was among men who had sex with other […]

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