There are other types of flu that primarily infect animals, like bird flu and now swine flu. The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu ...

Swine flu, known as pandemic influenza or swine influenza, is an influenza virus that makes individuals ill. It is a respiratory disease caused by the H1N1 virus. It was first detected in the ...

Here are 10 facts about swine flu you should know. Swine flu is a respiratory illness caused by the swine influenza virus (SIV). The pandemic of swine flu was caused by the SIV sub type H1N1.

An epidemiologist makes the case that a rush of research to stop a swine flu outbreak led to an accidental lab release of an ...

Officials are calling it influenza A(H1N2)v rather than swine flu. It is a type of flu - like the winter illness many people get vaccinated against - but it is a bit different. It is almost ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks ...

As of December 2024, an outbreak of the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has spread from California and infected 58 people in seven states. Almost all of them are farm ...

No further cases of a new strain of human swine flu have been found, after health officials followed up contacts of one confirmed case. The UK Health Security Agency said enhanced surveillance ...