Monkeypox renamed mpox by World Health Organization, citing racist stigma : Goats and Soda : NPR

"Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with," an expert tells NPR. But he questions why the World Health Organization will wait a year for the change to take full effect.

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