Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case ...

A swine flu case in Spain with no pig exposure has raised questions about how the virus spread and triggered international health monitoring.

In the United States, wild pigs are a problem. These hardy animals destroy crops, adapt to a variety of environments, and ...

A new study has identified an influenza virus circulating in pigs that shows multiple traits associated with pandemic potential. Known as H1N2, the virus belongs to a lineage of flu viruses that ...

Stanley Plotkin, 93, has been so influential to the development of vaccines that they named the field’s go-to textbook after ...

The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual. By Apoorva Mandavilli Acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or A.N.E., can result from influenza or ...

By Q. Le, R. Main, D. Linhares and G. Trevisan, Iowa State University; H. Naikare, University of Minnesota; F. Matias ...

There is no guarantee that a person-to-person virus would be benign, scientists say, and vaccines and treatments at hand may not be sufficient. By Apoorva Mandavilli Tens of millions of farm animals ...