Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Viruses: Avian Influenza H5N1 Infection During Pregnancy: Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic and Improving Perinatal Outcomes

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Photo Credit – CDC #19,050 During the 1918 pandemic an abnormally high number of pregnant women died from the influenza, and those that surv...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Hong Kong CHP: Cryptic Announcement of 1 New H10N3, and 2 H9N2 Cases on the Mainland.

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  #19,049 As we've discussed previously, in  HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland , reports out ...

Nature Comms: Assessing HPAI-H5 Transmission Risk Across Wild Bird Migratory Flyways in the United States

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  #19,048 The world has been watching HPAI H5N1 for nearly 3 decades, but today's HPAI H5 viruses are a far cry from the A/Goose/Guangdo...
Monday, February 09, 2026

Preprint: Efficient Replication of Influenza D Virus in the Human Airway Underscores Zoonotic Potential

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Credit NIAID #19,047 One of the more intriguing influenza discoveries of the past dozen years has been the identification of a previously un...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

More Than One Way To Start An Epidemic . . .

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#19,046 Last week, in  Taiwan: Another Avian Flu `Incident ' , we looked at the latest in a series (see here , here , and here ) of high...
Saturday, February 07, 2026

NERC: Long-Term Reliability Assessment (Jan 2026)

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  #19,045 NERC , or the North American Electric Reliability Corporation,  was tasked with   " ensuring the reliability of the North Am...