The CDC underscored the risks of such viral reassortment, noting that pigs, which can be infected by both human and bird flu ...

Although travel restrictions and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic global drop in seasonal influenza cases, certain ...

Federal health authorities on Thursday broadened their response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak based on new data suggesting ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, global influenza cases dropped dramatically due to lockdowns ... As a result, global cases of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was the first confirmed case of H5N1 bird flu in swine in the country ...

USDA officials said the infection occurred at a non-commercial farm and that the nation’s pork supply is not at risk.

Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, answers questions about the recent infection of a pig ...

A pig infected with bird flu in Oregon has raised concerns about the virus’s potential to threaten humans, but the current ...

Pigs can be infected with multiple types of flu, and the animals can play a role in making bird viruses better adapted to ...