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, October 21, 2026

Washington State: Updated guidance for novel influenza screening and influenza subtyping

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MMWR: Fatal Human Case of HPAI A(H5N5) in a Backyard Flock Owner — Washington, November 2025 #19,381 In November of 2025, Washington Stat...

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Washington State Confirms 5 More Dairy Herds Infected With H5N1 (n=8)

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Credit Washington State Dept Ag . #19,380 Not quite 2 weeks ago the USDA/APHIS announced the first detection of H5N1 in dairy cattle in W...

Monday, October 19, 2026

FluView Week 40: Antiviral Resistance Markers in H1N1 Over The Summer

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#19,379 For the past 3 years we've been following scattered reports of ` reduced susceptibility' of the seasonal H1N1 flu virus ...

Sunday, October 18, 2026

WHO DON: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Photo Credit NIAID #19,378 While it doesn't get near the attention it did before COVID, MERS-CoV continues to circulate in dromedary cam...

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Washington State Confirms 3rd Dairy Herd Infected With H5N1

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#19,377 Since 2024 Washington State has seen scores of HPAI outbreaks in poultry, and more than a dozen confirmed and probable human infec...

Friday, October 16, 2026

Washington State Confirms Human Avian Flu Infection

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#19,376 A week ago Washington state confirmed their first detection of avian influenza in dairy cattle , and overnight it was announced by...

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