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What is monkeypox? Why the WHO is renaming the virus that could be declared an emergency

There is no specific treatment for monkeypox, but the smallpox vaccine can reduce the severity of the virus. (Reuters: Lukas Barth)

The Worth Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting to decide whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.

That is the agency's highest level of warning, which currently applies only to the COVID-19 pandemic and polio.

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