Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Promoted
Can someone tell me why it is named as swine flu?
I just don't understand how the term swine has entered in the medical journals of humans.
2 Answers
Relevance
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
the flu started in the pig and jumped to human. Kind of like the Bird Flu
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A swine is a pig.. And this flu origionally came from Pigs ,, I cant remember it has a long name where the diease gets passed from animal to human then it changes so it cant go back or somethingg xx
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.