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.

Monday, July 06, 2026

PNAS (Referral): Genomic and structural evidence of SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV in migratory birds

Tundra Swans Flyovers, Craig Strobeck, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/tundra-swans-flyovers #19,237 We've a surprising repor...

Australia: WA Designates 5th Suspected H5N1 Case as `Presumed Positive'

#19,236 Four days ago Western Australia announced the discovery of a suspected H5N1 infected bird in Perth (collected 6/30 ). To date, mo...

Sunday, July 05, 2026

Watching Bird Flu in Nepal (H5N1)

#19,235 Nestled between India and China, Nepal is no stranger to HPAI H5N1 - including at least 1 human case in 2019 - along with sporadi...

Australia: NSW H5N1 Detection Confirmed

#19,234 Overnight Australia has confirmed the previously suspected H5 detection on NSW's Bennetts Beach, bringing the number of confi...

Saturday, July 04, 2026

mGem: A perfect storm in the era of global warming—the convergence between thermotolerant fungi and altered immunity

#19,233 While most of our infectious disease discussions center around viruses and bacteria, from time to time we delve into fungi (see C...

Friday, July 03, 2026

Australia: NWS & Perth (WA) Report Suspected Positive HPAI H5 Detections

#19,232 Overnight Australia has reported two new suspected (preliminarily positive) H5 detections some 3,300 km apart, with one in Perth (WA...

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