According to the United Nations website, on November 28, WHO announced that the English name of monkeypox was changed from monkeypox to mpox to avoid discrimination and stigmatization. (On July 26, 2022 local time, Maryland, the United States, the color transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (orange) found in infected cells (brown) cultured in the laboratory. Photo source: Vision China) It is reported that monkeypox virus was named when it was first discovered in 1958. The disease was first found in humans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970. Since then, human to human cases have been mainly confined to some West and Central African countries and are endemic. However, in May this year, monkeypox outbreaks occurred in many countries in Europe, the Americas, the Western Pacific and other regions where monkeypox virus has never been found before. As of November 28, 110 countries and regions have reported 81107 confirmed cases and 55 deaths to WHO. Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis caused by monkeypox virus infection. The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle soreness, backache, swollen lymph nodes, etc., which can then develop into a large skin rash on the face and body. Most patients will recover within a few weeks, but some patients are seriously ill. (Liu Xinshe)