Wednesday, September 16, 2026

#Natlprep 2026: Pandemic Planning At Both Ends of the Spectrum

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  Note: This is the 16th day of National Preparedness Month . Follow this year’s campaign on Twitter by searching for the #NatlPrep #BeReady...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Taiwan CDC: Both influenza and the COVID-19 epidemic are currently in their peak season, with influenza cases continuing to rise

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  #19,335 A little over 2 weeks ago (Aug 28th), Japan announced the earliest start to their influenza season since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic...
Monday, September 14, 2026

EID Journal: Characteristics and Superspreading Potential of Andes Virus Person-to-Person Transmission

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R0 (pronounced R-nought) or Basic Reproduction Number. Essentially, the number of new cases in a susceptible population likely to arise from...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Australia Reports 1st Sea Lion Death From H5N1

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  YouTube Video ABC News #19,333 While the last posted update on South Australia's bird flu status appears to be 3 days ago, on Sept 10...

Canada: CFIA Reports 1st HPAI Poultry Outbreak SInce May

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Screenshot CFIA #19,332 While HPAI H5 no longer completely retreats each summer, the warmer months of the year usually see far less activity...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Eurosurveillance: Emergence and spread of NA-I223V and NA-S247N double-mutant A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza viruses with reduced oseltamivir susceptibility in the Netherlands and beyond, 2023 to 2026

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  #19,331 Regular readers know that we've been following an uptick in reports of  ` reduced susceptibility' of the seasonal H1N1 fl...