W.H.O. Gives Virus a Name That’s More Scientific and Less Loaded

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 23:00 in Mathematics & Economics

A spokesman for the World Health Organization, which began referring to swine influenza as influenza A(H1N1), said the original name had led to fears about eating pork.

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