The flu season hasn’t kicked in yet, but infectious disease experts are on the alert for new strains of the virus, including another swine flu that’s popped up in parts of the United States and a drug ...

Health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next. The Centers for ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu that can infect humans and has the potential to cause a future pandemic, according to a study released on Monday, though scientists have ...

Dr. Greg Poland answers the question: 'How Does Swine Flu Differ From The Flu?' May 27, 2009 -- Question: How does swine flu differ from other types of flu? Answer:So this virus is properly called ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A nearly decadelong study of Chinese pigs has found a potentially dangerous new type of influenza virus. The study, published on Monday in the ...

A new type of swine flu has been detected in a United Kingdom human for the first time, the region’s Health Security Agency announced Monday. Symptoms of influenza A(H1N2)v, clade 1b.1.1, were mild in ...

ATLANTA — Health officials alerted doctors Tuesday to a unique type of swine flu diagnosed in two California children, but it’s unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. The ...

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication events that occurred independently in East Asia and the Near East, beginning ...

June 30 (UPI) --A new type of influenza that's becoming more common in pigs is showing a greater ability to spread to humans and could become a human pandemic, Chinese researchers say. In a study ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu that can infect humans and has the potential to cause a future pandemic, according to a study released on Monday, though scientists have ...