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.

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Referral (NEJM): Autoantibodies against Type I Interferons and Death from H7N7 Avian Influenza

›
  AutoAb development in population credit Human autoantibodies against type I interferons in severe viral disease #19,413 We've a fascin...
Wednesday, November 11, 2026

UK Scotland: H5N5 Reported In Eurasian Otters - AIPZs Declared for England and Scotland

›
  #19,412 We've been watching the co-circulation and spread of an H5N5 subtype of avian flu - primarily in the high latitude regions of...

EID Journal: Cross-Protection against Influenza A(H5) Clade 2.3.4.4b Viruses after A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection

›
#19,411 Over the past 32 months we've seen at least six dozen human infections from HPAI H5 (H5N1 & H5N5) in the United States, an...

Oregon ODA Reports Its First Outbreak of HPAI H5 In Dairy Cattle

›
  #19,410 A little over a month ago Washington State became the 20th U.S. state to report HPAI H5N1 in dairy cattle, and since has racked u...
Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HK CHP Reports 6 H9N2 Cases over the past 4 Reporting Periods

›
  #19,409 As of today's report , Hong Kong's CHP has reported a total of 23 H9N2 cases over the past 6 months, with 6 of those rep...

PNAS: Rare recovery of reassortants between contemporary clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses and human influenza A viruses in vitro

›
  Coinfection leading to Antigenic ` Shift'   or Reassortment  #19,408 Last week, in  When Flu Viruses Collide , we looked at the concer...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Michael Coston
Paramedic EMT-II (Ret.), Computer software designer, Building contractor, Cruising sailor, Humorist. . . obviously unable to hold a job.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.