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

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 confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in ...

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.

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

"If it starts to spread from pigs to pigs, then it's much more of a problem," Florian Krammer, a flu virologist at Mount ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of ...

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 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 ...

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

The detection is a warning for pig farmers to be on the lookout for further infections, said Marie Culhane, a professor of veterinary population medicine at the University of Minnesota who has ...