Sunday, May 17, 2026

Canada: PHAC Statement on `Presumed Positive' Hantavirus Case in Vancouver

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#19,163 One of the m/v Hondius passengers, recently repatriated to Canada, has developed symptoms and has presumptively tested positive for...

WHO Director Declares DRC Outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern)

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#19,162 Overnight, roughly 72 hours after the first reports , the Director of the World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo virus ou...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

OFID: Central Nervous System Involvement by Novel Clade 2.3.2.1e H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in a Paediatric Patient

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  #19.161 While seasonal flu can occasionally cause neurological symptoms (see 2018's Neuroinfluenza: A Review Of Recently Published Stu...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Africa CDC Convenes Emergency Meeting After Reports of a Large Outbreak of Non-Zaire Ebola In the DRC

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  #19,160 While details remain scant, overnight Africa CDC released an urgent statement overnight on what appears to be an unusually large...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Preprint: Outbreak of H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses in Lesser Rhea in Peru, June-July 2025

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  #19,159  Although we spend a good deal of time looking at the Asian-lineage of LPAI H9N2 , which has become particularly well adapted to ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

NERC Issues Level 3 Alert As Grid Faces `Unprecedented Challenges' Due to Surge In Large Power Consumers

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#19,158 Twenty years ago (2006) NERC , or the North American Electric Reliability Corporatio n, was tasked with " ensuring the reliabi...