Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by person-to-person transmission.

African swine fever may not be contagious to humans but several rotting pig carcasses found in Grogro may pose a health ...

DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — A strain of swine flu that scientists fear has the potential to become a pandemic in humans has been identified in China. According to a report from the BBC, researchers are ...

Authorities in Chümoukedima, Zunheboto and Wokha districts have imposed restrictions on the movement, sale, and distribution of pigs and pork products following the outbreak of African Swine Fever ...

Everyone knows that when your kids get the flu, they stay home from school. But what does it take to justify closing the school down entirely? That's a question we should probably answer before the ...

Virologists and public health specialists have warned about the pandemic threat for years. H5N1, a problem in chickens for decades, first infected humans in 1997, in an outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

Dozens of children at three summer camps in Ontario's Muskoka region have been sent home after an outbreak of swine flu, health officials said Wednesday. While most of the 227 children affected by the ...