WHO to Rename Monkeypox Due to Stigma Concerns
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 16, 2022
June 15, 2022 -- 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.”
The virus has infected more than 1,600 people in 39 countries so far this year, the WHO said, including 32 countries where the virus isn’t typically detected.
“WHO is working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades, and the disease it causes,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, the WHO’s director-general, said
