The World Health Organization announced Monday that “mpox” is now the preferred name for monkeypox. “Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while ‘monkeypox’ is phased out,” the ...

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. The U.N. health agency ...

The World Health Organization is officially renaming the emerging viral disease known as monkeypox. On Monday, WHO announced that it will now use the term “mpox” instead, which is likely to be adopted ...

The Biden administration plans to officially switch how it refers to the disease once dubbed "monkeypox" to use the new name "mpox" instead, adopting a long-awaited renaming recommendation announced ...

The disease formerly known as monkeypox has a new name: "mpox." It's not much of a depature, but it's less stigmatizing, according to advocates who have been calling for a change of name. The disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When WHO declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in July, the American Academy of ...

A deadly, fast-spreading strain of the monkeypox virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. The variant of the virus, which causes the severe disease known as mpox, kills ...

Durham has confirmed its first confirmed case of monkeypox, bringing the statewide total to six known infections, state officials say. “The important point is that it’s transmitted through close ...

Monkeypox contributed to the October death of a North Jersey resident who had other underlying medical conditions, the state Department of Health said Monday. It is the first monkeypox-related death ...