Friday, March 13, 2026

CDC MMWR: Interim Estimates of 2025–26 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, September 2025–February 2026

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  2025-2026 Flu Season - Credit CDC #19,083 While the 2025-2026 flu season still continues ( albeit on a downward trajectory ), yesterday th...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

CDC Preprint: A Newly Emergent N1 Neuraminidase Associated with Clade 2.3.4.4b HPAI A(H5) Viruses in North America

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  #19,082 In the fall of 2024 - barely six months after the discovery of the ` Bovine' B3.13 genotype of H5N1 circulating in U.S. dairy ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Viruses: Novel Reassortant H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses from Backyard Poultry in Mexico

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  #19,081 Influenza A's superpower is its ability to simultaneously infect a host with 2 or more strains, swap genetic material, and gen...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Cell: Dynamics of Natural Selection Preceding Human Viral Epidemics and Pandemics

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#19,080 We've a fascinating, albeit somewhat controversial, study published last week in Cell which questions whether whether animal   ...
Monday, March 09, 2026

South Korea: MAFRA Investigation Into Biosecurity Lapses on HPAI Affected Poultry Farms

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  #19,079 Despite more than 2 decades of dealing with extensive bird flu outbreaks, and numerous warnings to farmers (see here , here , her...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Nature Comms: Mapping Global Avian Influenza Risk Patterns Through Waterbird Activity Entropy

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  #19,078 During the latter half of the 20th century Asia - and China in particular - had earned the reputation of being the `cradle of in...