(CNN)-- An online map showing where swine flu -- or H1N1 virus-- is spreading has gone viral, so to speak. Created as a side project by Henry Niman, a Pittsburgh-based biochemist, it's attracting ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that ...

In mid March 2009, an unknown virus began spreading in Mexico, and by late April, cases of the H1N1 virus — commonly called the Swine Flu — had been confirmed in the U.S., Canada, Spain and ...

Much to Palese's surprise, when they compared the spot pattern of the 1977 H1N1 Russian flu with a variety of other influenza ...

How an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu.' ...

So, the 1977 Russian flu virus was actually a strain that had disappeared from the planet a quarter century early, then was somehow resurrected back into circulation. This explained why it attacked ...

Indore reported its first swine flu death, where Professor V.B. Gupta of Devi Ahilya University passed away despite treatment ...

Lewis’ death from an H1N1 swine flu be a harbinger of another global ... the RNA fragments created a unique fingerprint-like map of spots. Much to Palese’s surprise, when they compared the ...