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.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Oregon ODA Reports Its First Outbreak of HPAI H5 In Dairy Cattle

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  #19,410 A little over a month ago Washington State became the 20th U.S. state to report HPAI H5N1 in dairy cattle, and since has racked u...
Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HK CHP Reports 6 H9N2 Cases over the past 4 Reporting Periods

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  #19,409 As of today's report , Hong Kong's CHP has reported a total of 23 H9N2 cases over the past 6 months, with 6 of those rep...

PNAS: Rare recovery of reassortants between contemporary clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses and human influenza A viruses in vitro

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  Coinfection leading to Antigenic ` Shift'   or Reassortment  #19,408 Last week, in  When Flu Viruses Collide , we looked at the concer...
Monday, November 09, 2026

Nature Sci Reports: The effect of the time of day of influenza vaccination on antibody and T-cell responses in older adults

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Photo Credit - CDC PHIL #19,407 Ten years and just over 8,000 blogs ago, in Vaccine: Taking Your Best Shot , we looked at a study published...
Sunday, November 08, 2026

IJID Review Article: The H5N1 avian influenza threat: a European Perspective on Research Gaps and State of Preparedness

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  #19,406 While the next pandemic could arise from a wide variety of sources (see WHO 2024 Pathogens Prioritization Report ), the most obvio...
Saturday, November 07, 2026

Washington State Adds 3 More H5N1 Infected Herds - HPAI North American Roundup

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  #19,405 Since last Monday , Washington State has reported 3 more infected dairy herds (2 in Yakima County, 1 in Benton) , bringing to 43...
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