but we also know that the strain of influenza virus that entered pigs in 1918 then circulated in them for over 90 years before combining with other viruses to cause the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu also causes flu in pigs. You cannot get this flu from eating pork, bacon, sausages, or any ...

The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...

Humans and pigs share many biological traits that can amplify the spread and evolution of viruses — with swine flu (H1N1) being the prime example.

Glacier FarmMedia - The fallout if African swine fever arrives in Canada is enough to keep the pork sector up at night.
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Scientists are worried that pigs can be a breeding ground for a version of bird flu that can more easily spread among human. The presence of H5N1 in hundreds of cow herds is not a good development ...

Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...

All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, ...