A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the ...

Officials said there was little risk to public health because the H5N1 bird flu is unlikely to spread between humans.

H5N1 is a type of influenza that’s rare in humans but is highly contagious and deadly in several species of animals, ...

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 ...

The new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus, discovered by a dairy worker on a farm in Texas, is said to be deadly for ...

Both strains are H5N1; they just followed slightly different evolutionary ... scientists say, especially as human flu season ...

The update comes as the H5N1 virus continues to spread rapidly among dairy ... Last week, the CDC released results of a ...

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

The UK government said on Tuesday that cases of bird flu had been confirmed in commercial poultry at premises in Yorkshire, ...

H5N1 bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US for the first time, sparking concern that the virus could become better at ...

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises ...

The USDA said there is no risk to the nation's pork supply from the Oregon case. The risk to the public from bird flu remains low.