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.

Saturday, May 09, 2026

CDC HAN #00528: 2026 Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship

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  WHO Epi Chart of Probable & Confirmed Cases #19,151 While it remains to be seen whether the hantavirus outbreak aboard the m/v Hondius...
Friday, May 08, 2026

MMWR: Fatal Human Case of HPAI A(H5N5) in a Backyard Flock Owner — Washington, November 2025

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#19,150 As we've discussed often, it takes a certain amount of luck for novel flu infections to be detected, properly treated, and then ...

UKHSA Hantavirus Update: Cryptic Mention of a Suspected Case on Tristan Da Cunha

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  #19,149 The online signal-to-noise ratio regarding the hantavirus outbreak continues to degrade with several `false alarms ' making th...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

MMWR: Serologic Evidence of HPAI A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Veterinary Professional Exposed to an Infected Domestic Cat

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  USDA list of Domestic Cats with H5N1 #19,148 We've a new report in today's MMWR that details the  probable feline-to-human trans...

PLos Bio: Surveillance on California dairy farms reveals multiple possible sources of H5N1 influenza virus transmission

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  #19,147 Last August, in Preprint: Surveillance on California Dairy Farms Reveals Multiple Sources of H5N1 Transmission , we looked at the...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

UKHSA Update On Hantavirus: 2 Nonsymptomatic Passengers Self-Isolating at Home

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  #19,146 The UK's Health Security Agency has published an update this afternoon on the current status of British nationals aboard the ...
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