As winter sets in, so the risk of respiratory disease goes up. I have seen an increase in cases on several pig farms recently ...

But to some, the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of epidemics that have caused a panic in recent memory, including SARS, MERS, the Zika virus, and swine ... cases of the respiratory illness.

Swine flu, also known as H1N1 influenza, is a respiratory illness caused by the H1N1 influenza virus. Recently a 57-year-old man had tested positive for H1N1 virus and later succumbed to it.

Health officials in the UK are closely examining the first confirmed case of a new strain of swine flu, identified as A(H1N2)v. The infection surfaced during a routine flu screening test at a ...