MIAMI (AP) — As the stars of Friday’s show in downtown Miami, baby pigs Glinda and Elphaba will never have to worry about gracing the dinner table at a Cuban American family’s home on ...

Most air passengers rarely think about what’s stored in the cargo hold below, but passengers on a recent KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight were in for a surprise when the stench from live pigs ...

Pigs pose a particular risk of incubating new viruses, but cats, too, pose a similar risk because of their proximity to humans, as per a new study. Now, scientists are warning that domestic cats ...

Bensalem Township Police said back on Nov. 18 that they were trying to capture a pig seen running hog wild around the area. A persistent search for the ham on the lam finally ended on Dec.

Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than a decade, pig-to-human organ transplants like hers could become routine.

Experts have long regarded pigs as one of the greatest zoonotic threats to public health because their cells allow viruses to mix and mutate, creating new strains capable of causing human pandemics.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ, after eight years on dialysis ...

BRITS have been left ‘haunted’ after they only just realise what pigs in blankets actually mean in the US. Pigs in blankets are a firm favourite of many foodies up and down the country ...

Towana Looney knew that the first four people who ever received an organ from a pig died within two months. But the Gadsden, Alabama, woman was still game to try it herself. After eight years on ...

Pigs in blankets have become a staple of the festive period, with it being a nice treat to add to the pile of a plate on Christmas Day. Obviously, people aren't limited to eating them just one day ...