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 27, 2026

Texas: New World Screwworm (NWS) Now Reported in 10 Counties

#19,223 The spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS) in Texas continues to accelerate with 10 counties now reporting detections in livesto...

Australia: DAFF Confirms 4th H5N1 Positive Wild Bird

#19,222 A week ago Australia reported its first 2 detections of HPAI H5N1, both in migratory birds ( Brown Skua & Giant Petrel ) in We...

Friday, June 26, 2026

Eurosurveillance: Detection of antibodies against avian influenza in European dairy cattle, the Netherlands, January 2026

#19,221 Last January (see Netherlands: NVWA Announcement on Avian Flu Antibodies Detected In Dairy Cow ) we learned of the detection of H5...

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Emergency Solar Power: Revisited

My older (circa 2019) basic $200 kit #19,220 Last summer the U.S. Department of Energy published a 73-page report that warned that if cur...

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

France MOH: First Ebola Case Identified In a Humanitarian Doctor Returning the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

#19,219 Note quite a week ago, in ECDC: Preparedness and response for imported cases of Ebola disease into an EU/EEA country , we looke...

USDA Reports 4 More Screwworm Detections in Texas (n=19)

#19,218 After going more than a week without any new reports, since the weekend the USDA has announced 7 new detections of the New World S...

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