H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird ...

But in the months since the outbreak was first detected, the spread of the virus in cows has not been contained, with ...

About 50 geese and chickens were confirmed last week to have contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, the first ...

dairy cows and dozens of farm workers who have had contact with them in the US – and now the highly infectious H5N1 bird flu ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting ...

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...

Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, answers questions about the recent infection of a pig ...

A Missouri bird flu case first reported by the CDC in September has drawn national attention. The CDC released findings ...

A second commercial broiler poultry farm west of Springville in Tulare County was confirmed to have an outbreak of bird flu on Oct. 24. This outbreak affects an estimated 6,000 birds. On Oct. 16 ...

The USDA said there is no risk to the nation's pork supply from the Oregon case. The risk to the public from bird flu remains low.