Deadlier Mpox Infections Discovered In People With Advanced HIV

Topline Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, can produce a more severe and more deadly form of disease in people living with advanced HIV infections, researchers wrote in the Lancet medical journal on T...

World Health Organization to rename monkeypox as mpox

The name mpox, otherwise known as Mpox, was chosen after the WHO launched a public consultation process earlier this year. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The World Health Organ...

California Health Officials Now Referring To Monkeypox As ‘Mpox’ And ‘MPX’ As Calls Mount To Rename Disease

Topline Health officials in California said Friday they will refer to monkeypox as “mpox” or “MPX,” a local TV station reported, amid criticism that the name is stigmatizing and discriminatory. Public...