Thursday, August 20, 2026

Louisiana DOH Reports Naegleria fowleri infection in Louisiana resident

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 Credit CDC #19,301 Nearly every year we see a handful of rare - mostly fatal - brain infections caused by free living amoebas ( Naegleria f...

Australia: Media Reports of Multiple Mass Mortality Events in Birds (H5N1 Suspected)

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  Data as of 4pm AEST, 19 August 2026 #19,300 While HPAI H5N1 reporting from governmental sources have slowed in recent days , overnight th...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

WHO Influenza at the human-animal interface (Aug 7th) - Uptick in H9N2 Cases in China

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 #19,299 T he WHO has released an update ( dated Aug 7th, but posted overnight) of human novel flu infections reported between July 8th an...

Australia H5N1 Update

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  #19,298 It's been a week since   Australia Changed How They Report H5N1  - reporting `events ' rather than individual detections i...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Preprint: Enhanced Pathogenicity and Contact Transmissibility of Human-origin Avian Influenza H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b Genotype B3.13 Compared to D1.1 in Ferrets

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  #19,297 The two main H5N1 genotypes (out of > 100) we are watching in the United States are the B3.13 ` Bovine' strain which emer...
Monday, August 17, 2026

Preprint: Clinical outcomes of early aspirin versus non-aspirin NSAID use in adults hospitalized with influenza: A retrospective study

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Photo Credit –CDC PHIL Note: Nothing in this blog post should be construed as specific medical advice - as individual needs may vary - and...