6mo ago

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows

www.washingtonpost.com WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows

This follows an earlier emergency declaration for a 2022-2023 global outbreak. The rapid spread of a new form of mpox across Africa has sounded new alarms.

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6mo ago

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows

www.washingtonpost.com /health/2024/08/14/mpox-who-emergency-africa-congo/

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"mpox"?
Are they refusing to say "monkey"?
- Exactly that. Even though within scientific circles, they’ll still refer to it as monkeypox since that’s the name everyone knows and is referenced in scientific data.
  Basically, it’s not really a ‘real’ name change, more something that the media is kind of going along with so nobody gets offended by their use of it. 🤷‍♂️