Monkeypox • World Health Organization

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Monkeypox is poised to get a new name, says the World Health Organization

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after scientists recently criticized the current name as "discriminatory and stigmatizing.

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The researchers also said that it

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was incorrect to name the virus versions next to parts of Africa.

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The WHO is working with experts to "change the name of the smallpox virus,

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its pros and the disease it causes,"

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday about the epidemic.

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