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WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma
WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox to make clear that it isn’t African and remove the possibility of offending anyone by making a particular race or skin complexion the face of the disease. The concerns about racism and stigma are similar to those that convinced the WHO to rename SARS-CoV-2 after it became commonly called the China or Wuhan virus. With more than 1,600 reported human infections in over two dozen countries, the WHO is “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades and the disease it cau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2 NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Dating Show 'Love Island' 2 NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Dating Show 'Love Island'
2 NJ Natives Compete For Love On CBS Dating Show 'Love Island' One is from the Jersey Shore, the other Morris County. Both are looking for love as contestants on Season 2 of CBS dating show "Love Island," which runs every night at 9 p.m. Meet Moira Tumas, 28, of Brielle, and Justine Nbida, 27, of Rockaway. Tumas grew up just a mile from the Jersey Shore in Brielle and studied communication design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has acting experience at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England, Bustle reports. Tumas currently works as a “shopping-channel model” and loves to draw, her CBS biography says. She also l…

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by Valerie Musson