Saturday, October 04, 2025

Two More Cautionary Raw Pet Food Studies To Ponder

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Latest alert issued Sept 25th #18,895 Over the summer of 2023 we saw two high-profile H5N1 outbreaks in domestic cats; one in Poland and the...
Friday, October 03, 2025

Preprint: The Potential of H5N1 Viruses to Adapt to Bovine Cells Varies Throughout Evolution

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  Phenotypes of the Reassortant viruses observed in this study #18,894 Over the past 3 years we've seen a dizzying array of reports and ...
Thursday, October 02, 2025

Avian Flu's Unusually Active September in the United States

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  #18,893 Until fairly recently, HPAI H5 infections in wild birds - and spillovers into poultry - were pretty much a fall and winter phenome...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Cell Reports: Dairy cow- and Avian-origin Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 Induce Severe Mastitis in Lactating Goats and Transmission to Suckling Goats

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  #18,892 Although quickly overshadowed by the news of the  spillover of HPAI H5N1 into Texas and Kansas dairy herds  ( announced only 3 day...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

NPJ Vaccines: Effects of Repeated influenza Vaccination and Infection on Durable Seroprotection in Healthcare Workers

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  #18,891 I'll be rolling up my sleeve for my 20th consecutive seasonal flu shot next week, but I am keenly aware that there are some st...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Taiwan CDC Statement On Increased Antiviral Resistance in Seasonal H1N1 Cases in 2025

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Credit NIAID  #18,890 While spontaneous `resistance' to oseltamivir (aka ` Tamiflu ') develops in roughly 1%-2% of treated patients...