Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Adv. Genetics (Review Article) : Evolution of H5N1 Cross‐Species Transmission - Adaptive Mutations Driving Avian‐to‐Human Infection

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#19,019 In the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic it has become increasingly difficult to find substantive, and verifiable , information on avi...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Public Health Ontario: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) For the FIFA World Cup 2026 Games in Toronto

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  #19,018 Although we are currently in an interpandemic period, mass gathering and travel events like Carnival in Rio, the Super Bowl, Mardi...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

NPJ Vaccines: Novel recombinant H5-based Vaccine Provides Effective Protection against H5N1 Influenza Virus in Cats

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  Cats As Potential Vectors/Mixing Vessels for Novel Flu #19,017 Although we've seen HPAI H5 make some abrupt, and unexpected, U-turns i...
Monday, January 12, 2026

JAMA: Maternal Vaccine Receipt and Infant Hospital and Emergency Visits for Influenza and Pertussis

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  #19,016 Over the past two decades we've looked at a number of studies which show that maternal vaccination  ( Influenza or Tdap ) - us...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

PAHO Epidemiological Alert: Simultaneous Circulation of Seasonal Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus - 9 January 2026

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  #19,015 While it is not exactly ` news ' that the Northern Hemisphere is being battered by a particularly intense H3N2 flu season (see...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Sporadic Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) Shortages Reported In U.S. & Canada

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  FluView Week #53 #19,014 With seasonal influenza raging in North America, Europe, and Asia it isn't terribly surprising that we are - ...
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