The study showed that the pig viruses have changed over time. In some cases, a similarity with human influenza viruses was also found, indicating that viruses have spread from humans to pigs. No new ...

A new study has identified an influenza virus circulating in pigs that shows multiple traits associated with pandemic potential. Known as H1N2, the virus belongs to a lineage of flu viruses that ...

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same for ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a ...

Health experts are warning global leaders to prepare for another pandemic as the H5N1 avian flu threatens to spread to humans. The Global Virus Network, a coalition of virologists, published an ...

A simultaneous outbreak of livestock epidemics across cattle, pigs, and poultry has caused turmoil in food prices. Concerns ...

Scientists have been keeping an eye on bird flu ever since it was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic potential, ...