The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes this flu also causes flu in pigs. You cannot get this flu from eating pork, bacon, sausages, or any ...

Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic ... amid this winter's second wave of the virus. Close to 8% of visits for ...

bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising across the U.S. — specifically the H1N1 (swine flu) and H3N2 ...