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

The case was identified following routine surveillance of co-located livestock on a premises where avian influenza had been confirmed in captive birds. Defra has introduced livestock surveillance on ...

Winter brings snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, but these climatic conditions are also the harbingers of another time of year: flu season. We all know the signs-chills, fever, sore throat, muscle ...

Hopefully, the headlines will not turn around again. When the word “pandemic” was first used to describe the possibility of a massive influenza pestilence of a worldwide nature, the history buff in me ...

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You may have heard the term H3N2 in the news or read about it online. But chances are you don't know much about what it is and how it's different from other types of flu. Adults who were around in ...