The World Health Organization on Monday renamed the viral disease monkeypox as "mpox" due to concerns about racism and stigmatization.The new name will be used "simultaneously for one year" while the old one is phased out, the WHO said in a statement.The transition period for adoption of the new name is aimed at mitigating concerns raised by experts "about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak," it said."When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in some communities was observed," th…READ FULL ARTICLE
