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

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

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird ...

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon.Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which ...

Bird flu appears to be rising in the U.S., but only among people exposed to infected animals — namely, cows and poultry.Since ...

When multiple viruses infect the same cell and replicate, they can swap these segments ... Could such reassortment occur if a ...

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 ...

in cow’s udders), a different shape is used on cells in the human airway. Bird flu viruses and human flu viruses are trying ...

The number of confirmed bird flu cases has risen in the U.S. to 31 ... electron micrograph depicts Avian influenza A H5N1 ...

H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for ... which are considered “mixing bowl” species for flu ...

But in the months since the outbreak was first detected, the spread of the virus in cows has not been contained, with ...

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