WHO allows public to help rename monkeypox, vows nothing 'ridiculous'
Monkeypox is getting a new name and the World Health Organization wants the public to help, but they promised the virus will not be renamed anything "ridiculous."
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Monkeypox is getting a new name and the World Health Organization wants the public to help, but they promised the virus will not be renamed anything "ridiculous."
Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22 or Mpox: these are some of the ideas sent in by the public to the World Health Organisation as it seeks a new name for monkeypox.
The World Health Organization might soon regret asking the public to get involved...
As WHO sought a new name for monkeypox, suggestions poured in for a new name which also included the idea of calling it Trump-22, referring to the former US President.
GENEVA/LONDON - Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22 and Mpox are some of the ideas sent in by the public to the World Health Organisation as it seeks a new name for monkeypox. Often disease names are chosen behind closed doors by a technical committee, but the WHO has this time decided to open up the process to the public. After a slow...