The World Health Organization on Monday renamed the viral disease monkeypox as "mpox" due to concerns about racism and stigmatization.The transition period for adoption of the new name is aimed at mitigating concerns raised by experts "about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak," it said."When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in other settings and in some communities was observed," the Geneva-based organization said.The U.N. health body proposed mpox following guidelines it released in 2015 to "minimize unnecessary negative effects on nations, economies and people" when naming new human infectious diseases.Monkeypox began spreading outside central and western Africa, where it is endemic, in May."