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.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

USDA Screwworm Update (n=11) - FDA EUA For Drug to Treat Dogs & Cats

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  #19,201 The number of confirmed screwworm cases (NWS) continues to mount, and a 5th Texas county (Tom Green) has been added, in the latest...

Hong Kong CHP: Locally Acquired Case of H9 Infection - Notification Letter For Doctors

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  #19,200 While Mainland China leads the world in reported H9N2 infections, Hong Kong has only reported 10 since 1999, with just  4 of tho...
Friday, June 12, 2026

U.S. Screwworm Detections Increase (n=9) as More States Ramp up Surveillance & Prevention Efforts

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  #19,199 Since Monday , the number of New World Screwworm ( NWS ) cases in the U.S. has more than doubled, with cases reported in 5 differ...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

IJID: Regional Signals Preceding the 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak

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  #19,198 When the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the DRC was announced nearly 4 weeks ago , there were already 246 suspected cases and ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Nature: Host factors, inflammatory markers, and clinical outcomes of Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis

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  #19,197 Nearly every year I end up blogging about a  rare , mostly fatal brain infection caused by free living amoebas ( Naegleria fowler...
Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Preprint: The canine respiratory epithelium is a permissive ecosystem for influenza interspecies transmission and emergence

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  #19,196 Until 2004, dogs were considered relatively immune to influenza, but that changed abruptly when an equine H3N8 virus spilled over ...
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