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

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

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon.Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which ...

Pigs can be infected with human and avian flu, upping chances for the virus to evolve and become more infectious ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in ...

His reserach receives funding from UKRI and the Wellcome Trust. H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Doctors weigh in on potential concerns.

Although H5N1 has been found in many mammals in the U.S., an infection in a pig could have bigger implications for humans.

a professor of veterinary population medicine at the University of Minnesota who has researched flu viruses in swine. "People need to start increasing their plans to deal with it if it should ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020.

Pigs represent a concern for the spread of bird flu because they can become co-infected with bird and human viruses, which could swap genes to form a new, more dangerous virus ...