China´s Scientists Make Breakthrough on How H5N1 Influenza Occurred in the U.S.    
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 9, 2025 from CASAD
Chinese scientists have found out how the H5N1 virus initially invades the mammary glands of dairy cattle and may have triggered the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza across over 1,000 dairy farms in the ...

USDA: Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Dairy Herds in Idaho    
submitted by kickingbird at 6 days ago from U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
On 13 Apr 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in five dairy herds ...

China: Three human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Guangdong, Yunnan, Jiangxi provinces    
submitted by kickingbird at 11 days ago from WHO
From 10 to 16 April 2026, three new cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus were reported to WHO in the Western Pacific Region. All three cases were children under 10 years of age from ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Saskatchewan, April 17, 2026    
submitted by kickingbird at 12 days ago from Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409, Saskatchewan, in commercial poultry.The CFIA has advised the World ...

UK: Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England    
submitted by kickingbird at 12 days ago from GOV.UK
17 April 2026 Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in a fourth large commercial poultry unit near Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance ...

Ashraf M, Boivin W, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Nolan T, St. Development of an adjuvanted, higher-dose, cell-based influenza vaccine: combining advanced technologies to improve vaccine effectiveness. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2026 Apr 29:2667732.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 10 hours ago from Expert Rev Vaccines. 2026 Apr 29:2667732
Introduction: Influenza remains a significant public health burden, particularly for high-risk populations such as older adults and those with chronic diseases. Effectiveness of standard-dose egg-grown ...

Wongnak P, Seers T, Jittamala P, Imwong M, Schilli. Characterizing viral clearance kinetics in acute influenza. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2026 Apr 30;38.  Abstract  
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Pharmacometric assessment of antiviral efficacy in acute influenza informs treatment decisions and pandemic preparedness. We characterized natural viral clearance in acute influenza to guide phase II trial ...

Sun X, Belser JA, Li Z-N, Liu F, Brock N, Pulit-Pe. Prior immunity to seasonal influenza A(H3N2) virus confers varying levels of cross-protection against challenge with clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1), A(H7N9), or A(H9N2) virus in a ferret model. Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Apr 30:e0397425.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 10 hours ago from Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Apr 30:e0397425
Evaluating how prior immunity to seasonal influenza viruses influences subsequent zoonotic influenza A virus (IAV) infection in animal models is critical for pandemic preparedness. In this study, we investigated ...

Shuk Hang Li, etc.,al. Childhood immunological imprinting of cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin head domain of influenza viruses. Cell Host & Microbe.  Abstract  
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Influenza virus cross-subtype antibodies targeting epitopes in the hemagglutinin (HA) head are rare because these epitopes are variable between influenza virus subtypes. We found that a large proportion ...

WHO. Influenza at the human-animal interface summary and assessment, 31 March 2026. WHO.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from WHO
From 23 January to 31 March 2026, based on reporting date, detections of influenza A(H5N1) in four humans, influenza A(H9N2) in five humans, influenza A(H10N3) in one human, an influenza A(H1N1) variant ...