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Dave Burke

Monkeypox should be 'urgently' renamed over racist links, health bosses say

Global health chiefs are considering renaming monkeypox amid concerns over stigma and racism.

Officials at the World Health Organisation (WHO) are weighing up new names after a respected group of scientists called for it to be "urgently" changed.

The virus has swept across the world in the past month, having previously been classified as endemic in parts of central and west Africa.

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