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

African swine fever outbreak in Kottiyoor prompts culling of infected pigs and strict measures to prevent further spread.

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

Pigs remain at the centre of scientists’ nightmare scenario because commercial swine carry lots of human flu viruses. Their cells share enough features with ours that flu viruses can use some of ...

Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.

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

Chicago | Reuters—H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

but we also know that the strain of influenza virus that entered pigs in 1918 then circulated in them for over 90 years before combining with other viruses to cause the 2009 swine flu pandemic. So why ...

USDA recently confirmed the first case of H5N1 bird flu in a pig. Dr. Megan Niederwerder, executive director of the Swine Health Information Center, says after the virus jumped from poultry to the ...

According to the agriculturedive.com, this was considered to be a warning that the transfer of the virus to swine “could be a bellwether for a potential ... is making is making public health ...

The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu also causes flu in pigs. You cannot get this flu from eating pork, bacon, sausages, or any ...