The World Health Organization said it will rename monkeypox as ‘MPOX.’ The move comes amid White House pressure on the global health organization to move quickly to reduce stigma around the virus’ name. (Politico)
An op-ed detailed how to make COVID-19 the last pandemic. In general, there are trade-offs between how infectious a virus is and how lethal it is, but it’s not an iron rule. (Vox)
These three biotech stocks are set to shine in 2023. An unsavory mix of profit-taking, clinical setbacks, a stricter Food and Drug Administration, geopolitcal unrest, rising interest rates, and good old fashioned risk aversion sent key indicators like the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF spiraling downward this year. (The Motley Fool)
A new poll shows most Americans know little about the virus, despite the recent New York outbreak. Only a third of Americans now understand there is no cure for polio, Annenberg found in a national survey of 1,572 adults conducted in mid-October. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The new WHO list of the most dangerous pathogens is slated to include ‘Disease X,’ the likely next pandemic. The WHO’s list of priority pathogens, as they call it, was first drafted in 2017 and the last major assessment of it happened in 2018. (Gizmodo)
