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 ...

A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season ...

African swine fever, while harmless to humans, spreads rapidly among pigs and wild boar and poses a significant economic risk ...

A flu expert said he sees no reason to believe the virus is particularly lethal. And a federal scientist said the germ's genetic makeup lacks some traits seen in the deadly 1918 flu pandemic strain ...

The UK has halted pork imports from Spain after African swine fever was detected near Barcelona, with border controls now ...

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 ...

Those exposed are taking extra precaution to keep the virus from spreading. April 26, 2009— -- When Patrick Henshaw's son became sick last Friday, little did he know that the 18-year-old had ...

Dec. 12 -- FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu infection rates continue to drop, U.S. health officials said Friday, with only 14 states reporting widespread H1N1 activity, down from 25 ...

BACKGROUND: By this past July, 99 percent of all Americans tested for the flu tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The virus causes symptoms similar to that of regular, or "seasonal" flu, including ...

The death from bird flu of a person in Washington is a reminder that avian flu is circulating widely during flu season, ...