'Mpox' Is the New Name for Monkeypox, WHO Says

The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as “mpox,” the global health groupannounced Monday.

But monkeypox and mpox will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out.

Global health officials have been working to find a new name for monkeypox for months.

Monkeypox was originally named in 1958, before the WHO’sbest practicesfor naming a disease were in effect.

Anyone withvery close contactto a person with monkeypox can get the disease.

As of mid-November, that figure had dropped to 13 new cases daily.

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