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, May 25, 2026

Virulence: Surveillance and biological characterization of H3 subtype avian influenza viruses in Eastern China

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Credit ECDC #19,176 Over the past few years we've seen a noticeable uptick in interest by Chinese researchers into H3 virus evolution, p...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Nature Comms: Dairy cows infected with influenza A(H5N1) reveals low infectious dose and transmission barriers

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Credit EID Journal #19,175 Nearly a year ago (June 2025) we looked at a Preprint: Dairy Cows Infected with Influenza A(H5N1) Reveals Low Inf...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

IORV: Inflammation and Cardiac Dysfunction in Hospitalized Patients With Influenza: The FluHeart Study

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  #19,174 Over the past 15 years we've seen growing evidence that influenza ( and other respiratory ) infections can raise the risk of h...
Friday, May 22, 2026

ECDC Ebola Threat Assessment Brief

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  #19,173 While it is still early days - and data remains sparse - the ECDC has produced a preliminary threat assessment for EU nations fro...

Eurosurveillance: Cross-reactive human antibody responses to H9N2 influenza virus, New York, United States, 2025

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Credit NIAID   #19,172 While LPAI H9N2 remains far from our biggest pandemic concern, the CDC has designated 2 different lineages ( A(H9N2) ...

CDC: Enhanced Ebola Airport Screening Begins at Washington-Dulles International Airport

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  #19,171 As we discussed 3 days ago in  CDC Statement on the Use of Public Health Travel Restrictions to Prevent the Introduction of Ebola ...
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