Tuesday, April 21, 2026

HK CHP Reports 5 Recent H9N2 Cases on the Mainland

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  #19,124 After going a couple of months without any reports, last week Hong Kong's CHP announced 2 new H9N2 cases on the Mainland, and...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Preprint: Infection of the Bovine Mammary Gland by Avian H5N1 Subclade 2.3.4.4b Influenza viruses

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#19,123 Since the first outbreak of HPAI H5N1 was reported in U.S. dairy cattle a little over 2 years ago, surveillance and testing of mamm...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

UK Govt. Warns on Growing AI Cyber Threats

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PDF LINK #19,122 In July of 2015, in The Lloyd’s Business Blackout Scenario , we looked at the impact of a prolonged grid down disaster bro...
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...