Watchdog calls for urgent action after government admits there is a “very high” risk of an outbreak to which it would be ...

The Government is not properly prepared for the growing risk from animal diseases and would struggle to cope with a major ...

“This is sort of how the 2009 pandemic started,” says Lakdawala, referring to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. “We started to have a couple of cases sporadically, and then the next thing you ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate ... But everyone worries that the potentially lethal bird flu is on the way. “I hope not,” says Clemente Jimenez, as he fixes a hose at Pastime ...

In an era of evolving food policy – and the worries that entails – it’s good to know that food-safety safeguards that have ...

IT IS the early 1990s. I have not been born yet. The internet is a novelty that may fade away into nothing. You can purchase ...

The pediatric death toll from the flu this season is the highest it’s been since the 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The two types of flu generally circulating now are H1N1 — related to the swine flu strain that caused a flu pandemic in 2009 and 2010 — and H3N2, which “is notorious for just causing more ...

The most recent CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report shows that 7.8% of visits to a healthcare provider were for respiratory illness, the worst since the swine flu pandemic in late 2009.

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

Himachal Pradesh’s Animal Husbandry Department has imposed a complete ban on the sale and purchase of pigs after swine flu cases were reported in the state, an official said on Wednesday.      These ...