Swine flu is sweeping the nation! We’re all going to die! Well, not really, but this kind of lead gets the reader’s attention. Considering the relatively few number of cases that have been confirmed, ...

CHICAGO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on ...

With flu, by contrast, the incubation period ranges from 24 hours to four days, meaning people often are infectious before they have symptoms. Health officials don't know enough about swine flu right ...

The U.K. detected its first human case of the flu strain A(H1N2)v, which is similar to flu viruses circulating in pigs, though the case was “mild” and the patient recovered, according to an alert ...

Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms ...