The first human death linked to this strain of bird ... that similar predictions were made about deaths during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic in 2009, when the eventual total was just 457.

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...

Australians holidaying in the northern hemisphere are returning with nasty strains of influenza which experts blame on low ...

The swine flu alert in Mexico rose to a level four this week, meaning that it is spreading human-to-human and shows a significant increase in the risk of becoming a pandemic. Schools are closed ...

Factory farms create the ideal breeding grounds for infectious diseases like bird flu. The vast majority of U.S. broiler chickens (78%) and U.S. egg laying hens (75%) are raised on factory farms, ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

H5N1 could pick up a gene from a human flu, which is already very transmissible, and then gain the ability to transmit effectively almost overnight. What people are really worried about are swine ...

Hospital staff around the country have been blaming a Swine Flu type epidemic for the chaos and overcrowding. Today in a statement the HSE said: “Every season will have a mixture of influenza ...

At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising across the U.S. — specifically the H1N1 (swine flu) and H3N2 ... According to the CDC, 66 humans have been infected ...

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...