Emails show concerns about potential human-to-pet transmission, with cases in cats now confirmed in multiple states.

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 ...

Scientists have been concerned that H5N1 might spread to pigs, which are considered “mixing bowl” species for flu viruses ...

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

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United ...

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

Bird flu has killed hundreds of millions of birds around the globe in recent years, and has increasingly spread to mammals, ...

The pig was found on a backyard farm in Crook County, Oregon, the Department of Agriculture reported. The animal, which is ...

The detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in a pig on an Oregon farm has again raised concerns specifically among ...

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder ...

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

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