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.

Friday, July 17, 2026

H5N1: NZ Reports 2nd Detection (local bird) & Australian Detections Increase to 17

Credit Wikipedia #19,252 Two days after announcing their first detection (in an unspecified ocean-going sea bird) , New Zealand reports f...

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Australia: NSW Confirms 2nd Detection of H5N1 (National ttl=15)

#19,251 New South Wales has reported its 2nd confirmed H5N1 detection, bringing the nation's total to 15 ( WA has at least one suspect...

EID Journal: Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Genotype D1.2 Virus in Swine after Experimental Inoculation

#19,250 Although reports have been sporadic, over the past 2 decades we've seen growing field and laboratory evidence that H5N1 can in...

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

CDC HAN: Domestically Acquired Cyclosporiasis Cases in Multiple U.S. States, 2026

#19,249 Yesterday the CDC released a HAN Advisory on a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis that we've been following for the past tw...

New Zealand Reports 1st Detection of H5N1 in a `Sea Bird'

#19,248 We've a bare-bones report today from New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries on that country's first detection ...

Australia: 8th Confirmed Bird Flu Detection in WA - Nationally Confirmed (N=14)

#19,247 Overnight Western Australia has confirmed an 8th H5N1 detection in a bird (petrel), found at Lancelin Beach (70 km North of Perth)...

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