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World Health Organization to rename monkeypox amid stigmatisation concerns

The World Health Organization (WHO) is creating an open forum to rename monkeypox over concerns that the current name could be generating stigma and discrimination.  WHO said the decision was made after meeting with a group of “global experts” this week a

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Kate McKinnon reveals how difficult it was for her to leave SNL: ‘I will forever miss it’

Kate McKinnon was ‘scared and sad’ to leave behind her Saturday Night Live (SNL) “family” after over a decade on the show.  The comedian, who spent 11 seasons on SNL, discussed her decision to leave in an emotional, in-depth interview on Vulture’s Good On

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Star of reimagined non-binary Joan of Arc play says Globe show is ‘full of joy, love and hope’

I, Joan lead actor said the Globe production reimagining Joan of Arc as a gender non-conforming hero is ‘full of joy, love, hope, magic and revolution’. Shakespeare’s Globe theatre will host a new interpretation of the legendary story of Joan of Arc – who

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Group addresses ‘huge inequity’ in monkeypox vaccine rollout by offering vaccines at UK Black Pride

A not-for-profit team gave free monkeypox vaccines to attendees at UK Black Pride to address the “huge inequity” in who is able to get the vaccine.  Dr Will Nutland – co-founder of Team PrEPster, a project of The Love Tank CIC – told PinkNews that the gro

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