In 2022, the name ‘monkeypox’ was rejected as inapt. Now the U.S. is reviving it

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He cares for mpox patients and, back in 2022, pushed for the term “monkeypox” to be retired. The change goes back to at least Aug. 28, 2025 when the State Department used the term “monkeypox” in an email to NPR. It’s still a threat A year ago, on Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. But the name monkeypox stuck until 2022 when the virus took off globally. For her part, Titanji says she’ll be sticking with the term mpox.