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WHO Drops 'Swine Flu,' Now Calls It H1N1

By Angus Loten,  Newser User

Posted Apr 30, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – The World Health Organization will stop using the term "swine flu" and instead call the virus by its technical name, H1N1 influenza A, reports the Times of London. The UN agency made the move after nations began slaughtering pigs and banning pork products in...   Read full story »

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