By IDSE News Staff
After a series of consultations with global experts, the World Health Organization will begin using the term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out.
When the outbreak of mpox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in some communities was observed and reported to WHO. In several meetings, many people and countries raised