Saturday, April 18, 2026

Eurosurveillance: Imported case of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Infection in a Patient with Miliary Tuberculosis, Italy, March 2026

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#19,121 Just over 3 weeks ago (March 25th)  we learned of the first confirmed H9N2 infection in Europe ,  in a traveler recently arrived fro...
Friday, April 17, 2026

EID Journal: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus RNA in Bovine Semen, California, USA, 2024

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  #19,121 A little over two years ago HPAI H5N1 was detected in dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas , which prompted me to write  A Brief Hist...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Nature Med.: Rapid expansion of genotype D1.1 A(H5N1) influenza viruses in wild birds across North America during the 2024 migratory season

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  Abrupt Shift in H5N1 Genotypes in Wild Birds in US/Canada #19,120 After its arrival in eastern Canada in late 2021, HPAI H5N1 spread quick...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Obstetrics & Gyn: Recovery of Pregnancy-Related Death Ratios After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

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CDC MMWR Sept 2020 #19,119 While we've known that pregnant women and their unborn offspring are often among the hardest hit during influ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The Lancet Microbe: Characterisation of Immune Responses Targeting HPAI A(H5) Viruses in Health-care Workers in the Netherlands

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  Credit CDC Antigenic Characterization #19,118 Until relatively recently it was assumed that most of the world's population had little ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Front. Immunology: Thymidine phosphorylase promotes SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-driven lung tumor development

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  #19,117 While the world continues to treat COVID as if it is now a mild illness, over the past 6 years we've seen compelling evidence ...