PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The 2025-2026 flu season has been one of the worst in recent history. According to CDC data, during ...

Remember when pandemics were something we only read about in history books? Good times. Today, we’re looking back at when Bulgaria swine flu became a big deal. It’s a story of how it spread, the ...

A new study has identified an influenza virus circulating in pigs that shows multiple traits associated with pandemic potential. Known as H1N2, the virus belongs to a lineage of flu viruses that ...

NBC's chief science and health correspondent Robert Bazell answers your questions about the swine flu vaccine. Should there be concern because this vaccine was rushed that there may not have been as ...

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 ...

The disease originally was nicknamed swine flu because the virus that causes the d isease originally jumped to humans from the live pigs in which it evolved. The virus is a "reassortant" -- a mix of ...