Popular disease names like “swine flu” and “Spanish Flu” are too “stigmatizing,” according to the World Health Organization, and in the future all disease names should be carefully designed not to ...

Mpox is the name of the disease caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox, a relative of smallpox and cowpox that has exploded to global prominence in recent years. In 2022 and 2024, the spread of mpox caused ...