Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same for ...

Additionally, an increased public health campaign to vaccinate swine, cattle, and humans against swine H1N2 virus will curb the spread of disease. Today, as avian flu H5N1 continues to spread ...

A recent Nature Communications study characterizes influenza viruses, with a particular focus on the α-H1N2 virus, to determine their potential to cause a future pandemic. Study: Potential ...

The detected virus belongs to a known subtype of influenza A that regularly infects pigs, called H1N2, but it's a newly identified strain. Sporadically, swine flu viruses like H1N2 can jump into ...

On 27 November 2023, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported the first known human case of influenza A (H1N2)v in the UK, a variant of the influenza virus previously not known ...

The new influenza strain A(H1N2)v detected had not been seen before in the UK. It was identified by UKHSA scientists using genome sequencing, as part of routine testing for flu carried out by GPs.

Human ‘swine flu’ case: how can you tell H1N2 from a cold, seasonal flu or Covid? The first case of a new strain of ‘swine flu’ has been detected in a human in the UK. The last swine flu pandemic ...

The new virus is classed as H1N2 – a group previously rare in people and more often found in pigs. It is not clear if the 2023 H1N2 virus has gained new characteristics that should concern us.

On Monday, the UK Health Security Agency revealed that an individual had tested positive for H1N2, a strain never before seen in humans in the UK. The virus is different to the H1N1 strain that ...

The UK has identified its first human case of the swine flu strain H1N2 The individual, not known to have worked with pigs, experienced a mild illness and has fully recovered // The UK Health ...

A new strain of swine flu has been detected in a person in the UK for the first time The A(H1N2)v infection was detected in a person during a routine flu screening test Close contacts of the case ...