Health officials in Kerala have confirmed that a student of class 9 in a school in Kollam has tested positive for H1N1 ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

The flu virus also has a wide host range. It infects not only humans but also birds, pigs, horses, and dogs. Swine, in particular, are vulnerable to multiple flu strains because of the unique ...

This novel H1N1 virus was a combination of swine, human, and avian flu genotypes. Between 2011 and 2017, various bird flu genotypes infected domestic poultry, wild birds, humans, and cats all over ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

New research results from mouse and swine studies, describe a vaccine that protects against H1N1 swine flu and can also protect against human and bird influenza variants.  Post-experiment ...

NEW YORK — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the ...

ATLANTA - The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits ...

Influenza A can also infect other animals, notably birds (e.g., the H5N1 subtype behind the ongoing outbreak) and pigs (such as in the 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu" pandemic). In contrast, influenza B can ...

Health officials are closely watching a third strain — a bird flu known as Type A H5N1 — that has sickened tens of millions of animals, but is known to have infected only 67 people in the U.S.

Travelers from Britain, including medical and public health students, brought the new pandemic swine flu to Kenya in the space of a few weeks, researchers reported on Thursday.<BR><BR> Researchers ...