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 ...

Medical practitioners report a rise in severe flu cases, including swine flu (H1N1), with an increasing need to prescribe specific antiviral medications. Over the past two years, the demand for ...

Scientists in the US have expressed concern about the detection of the first case of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) flu in a ...

A University of New Mexico researcher and assistant professor is breaking barriers in the health community for fellow Native Americans. Hailing from the Diné Nation, Crystal Lee has been researching ...

Here are some tips on prevention of the H1N1 virus: Contrary to many people’s belief, research shows there is no relationship between swine flu and pigs. Pigs are not even vectors of this disease.

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Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

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The teenager who is sick with the first-ever human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada is in hospital in critical ...