WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
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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: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Second Anne Arundel County Backyard Flock in 2025 in Maryland    
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May 9, 2025A backyard flock in Anne Arundel County, MD has tested presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza at the Salisbury Animal Health Laboratory, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Manitoba, May 6, 2025    
submitted by kickingbird at 5 days ago from Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Rural municipality Boissevain-Morton, Manitoba, in non-commercial poultry.

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Saskatchewan, May 2, 2025    
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217, Saskatchewan, in non-commercial poultry.

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to take its toll in the United States    
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Clade 2.3.4.4b of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, continues to spread in dairy cows, poultry and other animals across the ...

Yu Y, Wang Q, Wei Y, Liu J, Wang G, Wang Z, Shen W. Nucleophosmin 1 inhibits the replication of influenza A virus by competitively binding viral RNA with viral proteins. Virol Sin. 2025 May 8:S1995-820X(25)00054-9.  Abstract  
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses that continually challenge animal and human health. In IAV-infected cells, host RNA-binding proteins play key roles in the life ...

Majumdar A, Potdar V, Vipat V, Pawar S, Jadhav S,. Identification & genetic & virological characterisation of a human case of avian influenza A (H9N2) virus from Eastern India. Indian J Med Res. 2025 Mar;161(3):257-266.  Abstract  
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Background & objectivesA three-year-old male child from West Bengal, India, with severe acute respiratory symptoms, was confirmed in the laboratory with LPAI H9N2 virus infection under the Indian Council ...

Gagandeep Singh, etc.,al. [preprint]Characterization of the glycoproteins of novel fish influenza B-like viruses. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.08.652883.  Abstract  
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Novel influenza-like virus sequences previously identified in fish and amphibians were found to cluster as a sister clade of influenza B viruses, but have thus far remained uncharacterized. We demonstrate ...

Baikara B, Karamendin K, Kassymbekov Y, Daulbayeva. Genetic Characterization of Kazakhstan Isolates: Avian Influenza H9N2 Viruses Demonstrate Their Potential to Infect Mammals. Viruses. 2025; 17(5):685.  Abstract  
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Low pathogenic H9N2 avian influenza viruses have become widespread in wild birds and poultry worldwide, raising concerns about their potential to spark pandemics or their role in enhancing the virulence ...

Neumann G, Eisfeld AJ, Kawaoka Y. 0. Viral factors underlying the pandemic potential of influenza viruses. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 0:e00066-24.  Abstract  
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Over the past 25 years, there has been an increasing number of mammalian (including human) infections caused by avian influenza A viruses that resulted in mild to severe illnesses. These viruses typically ...