“We are changing the name of Alaskapox virus to borealpox virus, which is what it will now be known as from now on,” Newell said in a presentation Tuesday at the Alaska Tribal Conference on ...

Alaskapox, now called Borealpox, gained media spotlight in January ... Alaska’s state epidemiologist who discovered the virus, told the magazine Science, “It became clear that the name ...

“We are changing the name of Alaskapox virus to borealpox virus, which is what it will now be known as from now on,” Newell said in a presentation Tuesday at the Alaska Tribal Conference on ...