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Malvika Padin & Lucy Farrell

Monkeypox set to be renamed over worries it has racist connotations

Monkeypox continues spread and as numbers rise, scientist are calling for the virus to be renamed.

Last week, up to 30 scientists wrote about the urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing name to replace the name of the disease.

According to Reuters, there have been around 1,500 monkeypox cases confirmed globally in the last two months.

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