The World Health Organization, which is looking to rename monkeypox, called Tuesday for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatizing designation for the fast-spreading disease. READ:
A sign announcing monkeypox vaccination is set up in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health in Florida.The UN health agency has for weeks voiced concern about the name of the disease that emerged onto the global stage in May.
“Human monkeypox was given its name before current best practices in naming diseases,” WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters in Geneva.“We really want to find a name that is not stigmatizing,” she added, saying the consultation is now open to everyone through a dedicated website: https://icd.who.int/dev11.
But in May, cases of the disease, which causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions, began spreading rapidly around the world, mainly among men who have sex with men.
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