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.

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same for ...

Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team. "This research ...

Remember when pandemics were something we only read about in history books? Good times. Today, we’re looking back at when Bulgaria swine flu became a big deal. It’s a story of how it spread, the ...

Lincoln, Nebraska, May 12, 2025 — Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his ...

A new study has identified an influenza virus circulating in pigs that shows multiple traits associated with pandemic potential. Known as H1N2, the virus belongs to a lineage of flu viruses that ...

NBC's chief science and health correspondent Robert Bazell answers your questions about the swine flu vaccine. Should there be concern because this vaccine was rushed that there may not have been as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis ...

The national capital has reported a sharp spike in swine flu virus infection cases in the past 24 hours, according to news reports. More than 50 per cent of the households are said to have at least ...

The disease originally was nicknamed swine flu because the virus that causes the d isease originally jumped to humans from the live pigs in which it evolved. The virus is a "reassortant" -- a mix of ...

Spanish authorities have warned the World Health Organisation that the person may have contracted the virus from a human ...