Monkeypox given new name 

A disease that had public health officials struggling to communicate with the public now has a new name. Monkeypox will now be known as “M Pox.” The World Health Organization was concerned the original name was construed as racist and that it stigmatized people with the disease. Host Marco Werman explains.

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