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Avian Flu Diary: FAO: Expect The Unexpected - Guidelines on Emergency Response Preparedness in Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia
16+ hour, 59+ min ago (400+ words) Even in years when we aren't facing a looming, and likely record-setting, El Nino - which may bring unexpected droughts and floods, or searing heat, to different parts of the world - the agricultural sector regularly faces numerous threats, including emerging and…...
Michigan DOH Confirms H1N2v (swine flu) in Fair Exhibitor
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (149+ words) afludiary.blogspot.com Saturday, August 15, 2026 Michigan DOH Confirms H1N2v (swine flu) in Fair Exhibitor The CDC's IRAT (Influenza Risk Assessment Tool) currently lists 3 North American swine viruses as having at least some pandemic potential (2 added in 2019). - Do not eat or drink…...
Australia H5N1 Update: 1st Detection in A Penguin (Victoria) - Penguin Vaccination Campaign Begins Monday
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (326+ words) In the 24 hours between Thursday's update and the latest (Friday's) above, more than 1,800 new hotline reports were received from the public, while the number of confirmed H5N1 `events' rose from 186 to 219. At the time of the following release, no confirmed infections…...
(Referral) OFFLU Statement: Incursion of HPAI H5 Into Australia and New Zealand....
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (145+ words) What was long expected, has now come to pass: high pathogenicity avian influenza H5 (HPAI H5) has been detected for the first time in wild birds in Australia in June 2026 and in New Zealand in July 2026. (Continue... ) The history of HPAI's global…...
Australia Changes How They Report H5N1 - Tasmania Detects 1st H5 Positive Bird
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (145+ words) afludiary.blogspot.com Thursday, August 13, 2026 Australia Changes How They Report H5N1 - Tasmania Detects 1st H5 Positive Bird As we discussed a month ago, the number of daily citizen reports of sick or dead birds in Australia was already far outpacing their government's ability…...
J. Virology: Risk assessment of avian influenza A(H5N5) virus from the first human case using the ferret model
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (90+ words) Last November we saw the first, and as far as we know - only - human infection with emerging H5N5 subtype of avian flu in a resident of Washington State who had contact with backyard poultry and/or wild birds. (SNIP) (Continue...) As…...
Kent County MI Health Department Bulletin on Swine Flu (in pigs) at Local Fair
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (221+ words) Avian Flu Diary Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Kent County MI Health Department Bulletin on Swine Flu (in pigs) at Local Fair - Swine influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza in…...
Avian Flu Diary: Virology: Acquisition of specific human respiratory tract binding by 2.3.4.4b H5N1 hemagglutinins requires multiple mutations
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (278+ words) Complicating matters, as we've discussed previously (see here, here, and here), HPAI H5 viruses encompass a large and growing array of closely related - but genetically distinct subclades, subtypes, and genotypes - and a mutation that might impact one strain might not have…...
JAMA Peds: Effectiveness of Oseltamivir in Hospitalized Children With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2014-2023
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (417+ words) While the timing and severity of the next flu season is uncertain, we are already seeing reports of increased flu activity in Asia (see HK DH investigates case of severe paediatric influenza A infection), making the following JAMA Pediatrics study…...
A Summer Snapshot Of U.S. Wild & Captive Mammals With Confirmed HPAI H5
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (164+ words) Avian Flu Diary Monday, August 10, 2026 A Summer Snapshot Of U.S. Wild & Captive Mammals With Confirmed HPAI H5 The USDA maintains a public database of wild and captive mammals (excludes livestock) infected with HPAI H5 across the country since its arrival in 2022; one which…...