Mpox

Geneva: The mpox disease no longer represents a global health emergency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said at a virtual press conference from Geneva, based on a statement by the WHO`s…

New York: To avoid racist stereotypes and stigmatisation, the WHO has recommended that the monkeypox virus be renamed "mpox". Both names -- mpox and monkeypox -- will be used simultaneously for one year while the latter is phased out,…