Veterinarians who track infections that spread between animals and people said it’s not too surprising that pigs would be ...

Birds and humans have different types of receptors in their respiratory tract that flu viruses attach to, like a lock ...

The infected pig did not display symptoms of illness, but was tested — along with four other swine — out of "an abundance of caution" after other animals on the farm tested positive. "There is no ...

The first case of bird flu has been found in a pig at an Oregon farm - Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza have continued to ...

Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

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

Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, marking the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Wednesday. The detection was on a small ...

Genetic analysis of the virus in the pig is underway. The agency did not say how the animal became infected. Livestock and ...

The infected pig did not display symptoms of illness, but was tested — along with four other swine — out of "an abundance of caution" after other animals on the farm tested positive.