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 ...

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

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

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

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 ...

After killing millions of birds worldwide, the H5N1 avian flu is creeping like a black fog of death through U.S. dairy farms. Dead cows and calves infected with the virus ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture has confirmed that poultry at a farm in Pinal County tested positive for the bird flu.