Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

Evidence suggests that the global swine flu pandemic of 2009 began in central Mexico, according to research supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National ...

A summary of the major developments in the H1N1 outbreak. June 11, 2009— -- Below is a timeline of the events in the rapidly changing flu outbreak. For answers to frequently asked questions and ...

The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday.

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

How can we monitor the cross-species transmission of avian flu? The answer is FluWarning, a digital system that reports ...

Ch. 1. The plague year -- Ch. 2. A history of disease and death -- Ch. 3. From sailors to swine -- Ch. 4. A Swedish adventurer -- Ch. 5. Swine flu -- Ch. 6. A litigation nightmare -- Ch. 7. John ...

Swine Flu In The U.S. Number of laboratory-confirmed cases of human swine flu in the U.S. as of 12:30 p.m. ET, Apr. 26.: Governments are racing to find and contain pockets of swine flu around the ...

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 ...