Call to Action: Prioritizing the Use of Inclusive, Nonstigmatizing Language in Scientific Communications

Abstract The language we use in our scientific communications can either empower or stigmatize the people we study and care for. Clinical Infectious Diseases is committed to prioritizing the use of inclusive, nonstigmatizing language in published manuscripts. We hereby call upon submitting authors, reviewers, and editors to do the same. Clinical Infectious Diseases is committed to prioritizing the use of inclusive, nonstigmatizing language in published manuscripts. Herein, we call upon submitting authors, reviewers, and editors to do the same.