Monday, November 28, 2022

WHO says it's using 'mpox' to avoid racist monkeypox name

Monkeypox

The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/mpox-who-1.6666447?cmp=rss

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