H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 ...
The 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic had swine origins, Nuzzo noted. "If we're trying to stay ahead of this virus and prevent it ...
The vaccine for H1N1 flu (swine flu) will be available in the fall of 2009. This vaccine is separate from the usual seasonal flu vaccine. Pregnant women are first on the list of those who ...
Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...
All four flu pandemics — in 1918, 1957 and 1968 and the swine flu pandemic of 2009 — were caused by Type A viruses. Influenza B viruses, however, only circulate in humans. They are divided ...
For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting ...
People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu -- or highly pathogenic avian influenza -- since a B.C. teen became the ...