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Health Officials Plan to Drop the 'Monkeypox' Name. Here's What Could Replace It
Plus via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(CNN) -- Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the...
Health agencies renaming monkeypox to help fight stigma
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Biden administration plans to officially switch how it refers to the disease once dubbed...
‘Incredibly contagious’ stomach flu on rise in US. What to know about noroviruses
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOutbreaks of norovirus, also known as the “stomach flu,” are on the rise across the United States,...
The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox. Here’s why
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoMonkeypox will now be known as “mpox,” in a bid to destigmatize a disease that has spread to more...
White House responds to concerns that ‘monkeypox’ as a name stigmatizes Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe White House on Friday responded to calls from advocates to change the name of monkeypox (MPV)...
XBB.1.5, BA.2.86, JN.1: How to understand the Covid-19 alphabet soup
CNN via AOL· 6 months agoThe virus that causes Covid-19 has more letters to describe its many derivatives than a bowl of alphabet soup. Omicron and Delta were names for the coronavirus that people quickly learned and ...
Monkeypox: 1-on-1 With the White House's Response Deputy Coordinator
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince he was named White House national monkeypox response deputy coordinator, Dr. Demetre...
What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlaskapox, a virus in the same family as smallpox, cowpox and mpox, claimed its first fatality in January 2024 when an elderly Alaskan man died of the illness. The virus, which was discovered ...
Monkeypox Is Now Mpox, WHO Says
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe World Health Organization is officially renaming the emerging viral disease known as monkeypox. On Monday, WHO announced that it will now use the...
World Health Organization Looks To Change Monkeypox Name
Newsy via AOL· 2 years agoIt could be a while before there is any official name change of "monkeypox“ from the World Health Organization. "The more our public health officials continue to only describe the epidemiology ...
