For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting ...

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 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is introducing mandatory bulk tank testing in a bid to contain the spread of the H5N1 ...

A pig infected with bird flu in Oregon has raised concerns about the virus’s potential to threaten humans, but the current ...

Five pigs on a noncommercial farm in Oregon were tested for the virus after other animals fell ill. As NBC News points out, "pigs can become infected with both bird and human viruses at the same time, ...

A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and ...

During an avian flu outbreak, “The chance of infected poultry or eggs entering the food chain is low,” the FDA said on its ...

The cases took place at a farm that was the site of an avian influenza outbreak in chickens. About 800,000 birds were euthanized after test results from the Washington State Department of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington State Department of Health is investigating after four agricultural workers tested presumptively positive for the first human infections of bird flu. Health ...

An army of citizen scientists is testing migratory wild birds around Australia’s massive coastline for signs of the H5N1 avian flu ... of low-level influenza. If the test is positive for ...

This case happened at a farm where an avian influenza outbreak affected chickens. Following test results from the Washington State Department of Agriculture on Oct. 15, about 800,000 birds had to ...