Monday, August 31, 2026

Transb. & Emerg. Dis.: A Multi-Reassortant H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus Derived From Migratory Birds in Eastern China Exhibits Cross-Species Transmission Potential

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Credit ECDC #19,316 While our knowledge of the subtypes of influenza pandemic viruses prior to 1918 is admittedly murky - historical and ser...
Sunday, August 30, 2026

COVID Rates Low But Are Increasing Across The United States

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  #19,315 Four weeks ago, in  Mainland China, Taiwan & Hong Kong All Reporting Summer Surge of COVID , we looked at rising rates of COVI...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

mBio: Pre-existing Systemic and Nasal Antibodies Against Avian H5 Influenza A Viruses Vary According to Childhood Imprinting

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  #19,314 Since H5Nx has never ( as far as we know ) circulated in the human population, the $64 question we keep returning to is whether th...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Australia H5N1: SA Confirms H5N1 in Red Fox and Dolphin - Govt. Will Withdraw Research Team From Macquarie Island

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  (ttls as of 8/27) #19,313 Not unexpectedly, the red fox recovered from an Adelaide suburb earlier this week has been confirmed positive ...

Japan MHLW Reports Unusually Early Start to the Fall Flu Season

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  #19,312 Even though it is still August - and the Southern Hemisphere's flu season is still ongoing  -  Japan's Ministry of Health...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

UK National Risk Register 2026 - Urges Citizen Preparedness

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  #19,311 In August of 2008 we looked at the first UK National Risk Register - which ran just 52 pages - and cited pandemic flu as the #1...