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 ...

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

The 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic had swine origins, Nuzzo noted. “If we're trying to stay ahead of this virus and prevent it from ...

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 ...

Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010 ... at the University of Minnesota who has researched flu viruses in swine. "People need to start increasing their plans to deal ...

Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010 ... the farm were culled to prevent the spread of the virus and enable additional testing of the swine, the USDA said. Tests are still ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010 ... a professor of veterinary population medicine at the ...

CHICAGO >> H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the ...

The first confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig has been reported by the USDA. The infected pig, part of a ...

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon, the ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Doctors weigh in on potential concerns.