CHICAGO -- Two people have caught flu strains that normally circulate in pigs, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, and pig exhibits at agricultural fairs appear to be ...

Health department officials have issued an alert after multiple pigs became infected with swine flu at the Oakland County Fair in Pontiac, Mich., around July 14, according to a news release. After the ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu that can infect humans and has the potential to cause a future pandemic, according to a study released on Monday, though scientists have ...

Measures being taken to prevent virus from being transmitted to pigs. LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — No sow and piglets in the children’s barnyard at this year’s Caledonia County Fair. No baby pig chases, either.

After pork producers and Israeli officials complained about the name “swine flu,” world health authorities have come up with a new name for the pending pandemic: “the other white flu.” Variations on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the swine flu virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said Friday. They ...

Okay, now Tennessee has its first case of swine flu. Congratulations, we can now join the nationwide panic party full boar. Seriously, is it possible we are all getting a bit bent out of shape on this ...

It's the season for state and county fairs, and health officials are reminding fairgoers to be careful around pigs because of a new flu spreading from the animals to people. Officials say 29 human ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mid-Missouri Republican Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer has a message for the masses worried about "swine" flu: Call it something ...