A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...

The National Pork Producers Council emphasized that there are no safety concerns about U.S. pork supply, noting the pork ...

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu. It's the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises ...

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a serious respiratory illness that is easily spread from person to person. While anyone can get the flu, some people are at increased risk for developing ...

The CDC said that it’s always concerning when an influenza virus infects a new mammal species, especially when it impacts pigs. The 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic had swine origins. The risk to the general ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been confirmed for the first time in a pig.

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was the first confirmed case of ...