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WHO to Rename Monkeypox Due to Stigma Concerns

The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that it will rename the monkeypox virus after a group of scientists voiced concerns that the name is “discriminatory and stigmatizing.”

Like the new naming convention adopted for the coronavirus pandemic, the nomenclature for human monkeypox could be donated as “A.1, A.2, A.1.1,” they wrote.

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220615/who-to-rename-monkeypox-stigma-concerns