H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird ...

The USDA is set to begin testing bulk raw milk for bird flu contamination in an effort to control the rapid spread of the virus. In addition to more ...

USDA will begin bulk testing milk supplies starting in states where dairy cattle tested positive last spring for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu is an increasing concern for USDA, amid H5N1 infectio ...

Bird flu has been detected in a U.S. pig for the first time, raising concerns among healthcare experts about avian influenza’s potential to cross species boundaries and impact human health.

If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be ...

Officials said there was little risk to public health because the H5N1 bird flu is unlikely to ... Meanwhile, a backyard pig ...

H5 viruses are of bird origin; they are not human viruses. H5N1 bird flu has been discovered in a pig in Oregon, a ...

Although H5N1 has been found in many mammals in the U.S., an infection in a pig could have bigger implications for humans.

Pigs can be infected with human and avian flu, upping chances for the virus to evolve and become more infectious ...

Avian flu has been detected for the first time in the United States in a pig.

The recent detection on an Oregon farm raises the risk of the influenza virus acquiring mutations that lead to a pandemic ...