Saturday, August 08, 2026

Australia: Bird Flu Detection in Wild Birds Doubles in Less Than 4 Days

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  #19,284 On August 4th, the official count of H5 positive birds in Australia broke 100 ( n=102 ), today that number stands at 215, with the...

Referral: Two Related Papers (PNAS & The Lancet) on Preparing for The Next Pandemic

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  Credit  Mechanics of pandemics #19,283 In January of 2020 - 6 weeks before the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic - we revisited the WHO...
Friday, August 07, 2026

Australia: Bird Flu Detection in Birds Rises (n=175) - Victoria Releases Poultry Housing Requirements

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  #19,282 While there are still no reports of HPAI H5N1 in poultry in Australia, the number of wild (local & migratory) birds confirmed ...

Eurosurveillance: A cohort study of persons exposed to HPAI A(H5N1) at premises with infected animals, England, 2023 to 2025

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  #19,281 Despite being of the same subclade (2.3.4.4b) the HPAI H5N1 viruses circulating in the UK ( and Europe) during the 2023-2025 were...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

Australia: H5 Positive Bird Count Rises (n=123) - Victoria Reports 1st Land bird Infection & Investigating Dead Seal

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  #19,280 While not unexpected, overnight CSIRO has reported the first Australian land bird - a Magpie from Victoria - has been confirmed in...

Update: FLI Detects Novel Orthobunyavirus in German/Swiss Dairy Cattle

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Biting Midge after blood meal  #19,279 Four days ago we looked at a statement from the Swiss FSVO ( Federal Office for Food Safety and Vete...