In 2022, the name 'monkeypox' was rejected as inapt. Now the U.S. is reviving it

In 2022, a sign in Miami, Fla., promotes "monkeypox vaccination." That same year the World Health Organization changed the name of the virus to "mpox" since the animals that transmit it to humans are rodents and small mammals, not monkeys, and because of the stigma carried by the term "monkey."

The World Health Organization nixed the name "monkeypox." The virus is spread by rodents and small mammals. And there's a stigma factor. Mpox took its place. Why has the U.S. returned to "monkeypox"?

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