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.

Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Poultry Sci & Mgt: Partial Protection of Commercial H5 Avian Influenza Vaccines to clade 2.3.4·4b H5N1 and H5N8 Avian Influenza Infections in Chickens

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Poultry Vaccination - Photo Credit OIE #19,327 Nearly 14 years ago, in E gypt: A Paltry Poultry Vaccine , we looked at an analysis by the ...

Monday, September 07, 2026

Pathogen's Progress

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H5 Affected States & Provinces June 2015 #19,326 Prior to 2021, North America had only had one brush with the Asian-origin HPAI H5 virus...

Sunday, September 06, 2026

CDC Update: Flu Levels Remain Low, But COVID Increasing Across the U.S.

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Last Week This Week #19,325 Last week, after a summer of low COVID activity reported in the United...

Saturday, September 05, 2026

#NPM26: Preparing For An El Niño Winter

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Credit NOAA Note: This is the 5th day of National Preparedness Month . Follow this year’s campaign on Twitter by searching for the #NatlPrep...

Friday, September 04, 2026

#NatlPrep: 75% of Americans At Risk Of Experiencing A Damaging Earthquake

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Note: This is the 4th day of National Preparedness Month . Follow this year’s campaign on Twitter by searching for the #NatlPrep #BeReady or...

Seasonal Flu Signals From New Zealand, Australia & Japan

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Credit CDC #19,322 A week ago, in Japan MHLW Reports Unusually Early Start to the Fall Flu Season , we saw Japan's earliest start to the...

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