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, September 23, 2026

EM&I: Limited added benefit of seasonal influenza vaccination before A(H5) vaccination in mice and ferrets challenged with A(H5N1)

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  Credit ACIP/CDC #19,345 One of the biggest challenges during any future H5Nx pandemic would be the rapid production and timely deployment ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

California Declares State of Emergency to Bolster Statewide El Niño Preparedness

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  #19,344 Earlier this month, in  #NPM26: Preparing For An El Niño Winter ,  we looked at the potential for weather anomalies across the cou...

Preprint: Serological Evidence of Widespread Exposure to H5 Avian Influenza Virus in Arctic Foxes in Svalbard, Norway

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Location of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean #19,343 The Svalbard Archipelago, located well above the Arctic Circle - roughly midway between the...
Monday, September 21, 2026

Emerg. Microbes & Inf.: Novel emerging reassortant H6 avian influenza viruses with internal genes from G57 genotype of H9N2 pose potential zoonotic risk

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#19,342 A little over a year ago, in JOI: Prevalence and Transmission of Influenza A (H6) Viruses Pose a Potential Threat to Public Health ,...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

#NPM26: It's a 12 Volt Life

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CDC Infographic Note: This is the 20th day of National Preparedness Month . Follow this year’s campaign on Twitter by searching for the #Na...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

EID Journal: Detection of HPAI A(H5N1) Virus in Cat and Rats during Outbreak in Backyard Poultry, United States, 2025

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  #19,340 Today we've a dispatch, published yesterday in the CDC's EID Journal , which describes the findings of HPAI H5N1 in a cat...
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