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 ...

Turkey has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza on a poultry farm for the first time in over a year, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on ...

If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be ...

A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and ...

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

Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

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

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The infected pig was from a backyard farming operation that ...

Amidst a rise in bird flu cases in the Pacific Northwest, including the first-ever human bird flu cases, officials announced Wednesday the first-ever case of H5N1 Influenza spreading to a pig in the ...

Bird flu appears to be rising in the U.S., but only among people exposed to infected animals — namely, cows and poultry.Since ...

It's the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a ...