Kennedy Jr made a controversial suggestion as to how to tackle the problem of H5N1 bird flu: consider letting it run through ...

Egg prices have decreased in recent weeks, but bird flu continues to be a hot topic across the country, especially with its ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

While respiratory illnesses such as flu and cough affect Ugandans year-round, researchers have identified specific months ...

Assess your risk of contracting H1N1 swine flu with our easy-to-use Swine Flu Risk Calculator. Identify risk factors, ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

By 2022–2023, flu season returned to more of a prepandemic pattern (although it peaked a bit earlier than usual, in late November 2022). The 2023–2024 season appeared to signal a return to a ...

Swine flu (H1N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus that gained global attention during the 2009 pandemic. It is part of the Orthomyxoviridae family, known for its rapid mutations and ability ...

Reassortment could also occur in a cow, if it were co-infected with two different strains of flu A viruses. (The 2009 H1N1 pandemic was triggered by reassortment of several flu viruses in pigs.) ...

Cause: Swine flu, also known as H1N1 influenza, is caused by the H1N1 influenza virus. It spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing, and can also be transmitted by ...

Thousands of swine flu cases are being reported across India — from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana to West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala and even Tamil Nadu — with 178 deaths recorded till July 2024.