Monkeypox

In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, from 2003, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's.(Photo: CDC/Getty Images)

UKHSA want to ‘eliminate’ monkeypox after WHO announcement

The World Health Organisation has confirmed that monkeypox has been renamed ‘mpox’ following racism concerns.

WHO confirms Monkeypox has been renamed ‘mpox’ after racism concerns

A dose of Imvanex vaccine used to protect against Monkeypox virus (Photo by LEX VAN LIESHOUT/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Monkeypox cases on the rise in Milton Keynes region, figures show