He and his son Levi have just found two “squeakers”—pigs no more than a few months old—in one of their traps, which means US $100 in their pockets and another satisfied customer. Property owners all ...

While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm bells thanks to pigs’ role as a kind of mixing pot for influenza viruses, potentially leading to ...

Pigs, in particular, are sometimes called a “mixing vessel,” for flu viruses because they can pool together human and bird flu viruses at the same time, STAT reported. The fear is that various ...

It’s been detected in birds on every continent except Australia, seals in South America, foxes in Canada, as well as poultry, dairy cows and dozens of farm workers who have had contact with them ...

Out of the other five pigs tested, two were negative and two still have pending results. "This farm is a non-commercial operation, and the animals were not intended for the commercial food supply ...

Guinea authorities dissolved dozens of political parties and placed two major opposition ones under observation late Monday, while the transitional government has yet to announce a date for ...

Papua New Guinea on Thursday declared a boycott of next month's UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a "waste of time" full of empty promises from big polluters. While ...

“Experts and commentators have minimized the outbreak to date, saying, ‘but it’s not in pigs yet.’ Well, now it seems to be, and just in time for the other critical ingredient to brew a ...

Share on Pinterest Bird flu has been spreading among domestic and wild birds, dairy cows, and other animals in the U.S. Viara Mileva/Getty Images A pig tested positive for H5N1 bird flu for the ...

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