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.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

NERC Issues Level 3 Alert As Grid Faces `Unprecedented Challenges' Due to Surge In Large Power Consumers

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#19,158 Twenty years ago (2006) NERC , or the North American Electric Reliability Corporatio n, was tasked with " ensuring the reliabi...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Preprint: Variable Transmission Efficiency of Mammalian Origin HPAI D1.1 H5N1 Strains in Ferrets

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  #19,157 When we talk about the dangers of the H5Nx virus, it is with the understanding that there are currently several genetically distin...
Monday, May 11, 2026

At Least One Evacuated American Passenger From m/v Hondius Tests Positive for Hantavirus

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  #19,156 Overnight the HHS announced that - of the 17 evacuated Americans from the m/v Hondius - 1 (currently  asymptomatic ) individual ha...

WHO WPRO: 1 (fatal) Human Infection with H5N6 Reported By China

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  #19,155 After an impressive run of cases between 2021-2023 (see ECDC chart below), we've gone nearly 2 years (July 2024) since the las...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Sci Adv: Mammary and Respiratory Infection of Sheep with H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b Viruses with Milk-mediated Transmission to Lambs

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  #19,154 While we await further news on the offloading of hantavirus exposed passengers from the m/v Hondius , we still have plenty of old...
Saturday, May 09, 2026

ECDC: Rapid Scientific Advice on Management of Hantavirus Exposed Passengers

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#19,153 The ECDC has released their own set of recommendations for EU countries regarding the management of passengers returning from the m/...
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