WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The swine flu virus that has sparked fear and precautions worldwide appears to be no more dangerous than the regular flu virus that makes its rounds each year, U.S. officials ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (CNN)-- Confirmed cases of swine flu worldwide increased to 257 on Thursday, up significantly from the previous day's total of 147, the World Health Organization reported.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral infection spread from bird to bird. The most common kind is the H5N1 strain. While swine flu isn't as scary as it seemed a few years ago, it's still ...

That number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010, when a swine flu pandemic hit ... but now the map for the week ending on Jan. 25 shows Kentucky was in ...

In another case of “that’s so 2020”, scientists say a new flu virus found in Chinese pigs ... especially the workers in the swine industry, should be urgently implemented”.