Monkeypox is to be renamed amid fears it could be racist according to the World Health Organisation. The name links the disease to Africa - from where it originates - and has been described as "discriminatory and stigmatising".
The international community has a long-standing practice of no longer naming diseases based on their origin - as Ebola and West Nile virus were in the past. President Donald Trump tried to ignore the rule by calling Covid the Chinese Virus or Kung Flu.
The WHO proposes calling monkeypox MPXV.
