WHO goes ‘politically correct’ on naming infectious diseases
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#8SC8)
In 1909, Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas discovered the parasitic infection, Chagas disease, which is appropriately named after him. However, if Dr Chagas discovered the disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, it would be named something else says the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a WHO release Friday, they are calling on scientists, national authorities and the ["]
