WHO recommends new name for monkeypox

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in the wake of reports of racist and stigmatising language surrounding the name of the disease

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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox

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