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WHO renames monkeypox as 'mpox,' citing stigma and discrimination concerns

Por: ABC7 Health November 28, 2022

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, .Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out, the organization said.Monkeypox was named in 1970, more than a decade after the virus that causes the disease was discovered in captive monkeys, the organization said. The name was created before WHO published best practices for naming diseases in 2015.Scientists and experts have pushed since the start of the recent outbreak to change the name to... + full article



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