WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2019 from WHO
WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread ...

US: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Commercial Pullet Flock in Buena Vista County in Iowa    
submitted by kickingbird at 4 hours ago from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardshi
(March 14, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case ...

UK: Bird flu (avian influenza) - latest situation in England    
submitted by kickingbird at 12 hours ago from GOV.UK
13 March 2025Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a third premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, North Yorkshire (AIV 2025/29).A 3km protection zone and ...

US: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Diagnosed in Mississippi Poultry Flock in Noxubee County    
submitted by kickingbird at 12 hours ago from Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
JACKSON, Mississippi The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has been notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory that poultry from a commercial broiler ...

China: Middle school students conducted active surveillance on imported bulk milk using Rapid Antigen Tests, update #3    
submitted by kickingbird at 24 hours ago from F.I.C
Heat treatments were conducted on whole milk sample spiked with H5N1 recombinant Nucleoprotein by F.I.C.The results show below had been forwarded to the students to better support their methodology.

Mohammed Nooruzzaman, etc.,al. [preprint]Stability of influenza A H5N1 virus in raw milk cheese. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.13.643009.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 12 hours ago from https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.13.643009
We evaluated the stability of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in raw milk cheeses using a mini cheese model prepared with HPAI-spiked raw milk under varying pH levels (pH 6.6, 5.8 and ...

Octaviani, C.P., Huang, P., Bi-Hung, P. et al. Superior replication, pathogenicity, and immune evasion of a Texas dairy cattle H5N1 virus compared to a historical avian isolate. Sci Rep 15, 8797 (2025).  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 12 hours ago from Sci Rep 15, 8797 (2025)
The current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtype clade 2.3.4.4b in dairy cattle in the United States has affected nearly 900 dairy farms and resulted in at least ...

Smith VA, Schall AR, Tomsho JW. Nonstructural Protein 1 of Influenza A (NS1A) Demonstrates Strain-Specific dsRNA Binding Capabilities. ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 13.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 23 hours ago from ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 13
Nonstructural protein 1 of influenza A (NS1A) is a key virulence factor produced inside host cells infected with Influenza A Virus (IAV) and consists of an N-terminal dsRNA binding domain (RBD) and a C-terminal ...

Wu Z, Li J, Zhang T, Zhang K, Liu X, Yang Z, Xu L,. One-pot synthesized three-way junction based multiple strand displacement amplification for sensitive assay of H5N1 DNA. Analyst. 2025 Mar 13.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 23 hours ago from Analyst. 2025 Mar 13
The rapid and sensitive detection of H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, is crucial for controlling its spread and minimizing its impact on public health. In this study, we developed a novel ...

Felipe Pe?a-Mosca, etc.,al. [preprint]The impact of influenza A H5N1 virus infection in dairy cows. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6101018/v1.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6101018/v1
We investigated the impact of influenza A-H5N1 virus infection in a dairy herd. Clinical disease, which lasted for about three weeks, was recorded in 20.0% (777/3,876) of the adult cows. Milk losses of ...