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The WHO is asking people for a new name for monkeypox

You might have noticed that virus names are notoriously bad. For example, SARS-CoV-2 (the official name for COVID) is long and confusing and just reminds people of the totally different version of SARS that showed up in the early 2000s. COVID-19 was a little better, except that a whole bunch

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Monkeypox outbreak in Americas, Europe, Australia is “containable,” says WHO

More than 100 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the Americas, Europe and Australia, but the WHO says that the situation is containable. The number of people infected with monkeypox is still expected to rise in non-endemic countries (which is a fancy way of saying places where the virus

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Mysterious liver disease in children found in over 10 countries prompts WHO investigation

A mysterious severe acute hepatitis has been found in 12 countries, including the US and the UK, which has led to over 12 children needing a liver transplant and one dying, said the World Health Organization (WHO). Around 170 children have been affected by this liver disease since April 21,