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 ...

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows in the United States    
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The 2.3.4.4b clade of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, continues to spread in dairy farms across the United States since ...

Bird Flu Found in Wastewater Before Reported Outbreaks    
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Researchers developed and deployed a test that confirmed the presence of bird flu in Texas wastewater treatment plants days before outbreaks in cattle were officially confirmed.Wastewater surveillance ...

US: First presumed human infections of avian influenza under investigation in Washington state    
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OLYMPIA – Four agricultural workers tested presumptively positive for avian influenza after working with infected poultry at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County. The individuals experienced mild symptoms ...

USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update October 18, 2024    
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October 18, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals ...

Raju N, Kramer KJ, Cavallaro M, Diotti RA, Shiakol. Multiplexed Antibody Sequencing and Profiling of the Human Hemagglutinin-specific Memory B Cell Response following Influenza Vaccination. J Immunol. 2024 Oct 23:ji2400326.  Abstract  
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Influenza virus is a highly contagious respiratory pathogen causing between 9.4 and 41 million infections per year in the United States in the last decade. Annual vaccination is recommended by the World ...

Odin M, Schmeisser F, Soto J, Weir JP. A Rapid Virus-Free Method for Producing Influenza HA Immunogen Needed for Preparation of Influenza Vaccine Potency Antisera Reagents. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 Oct;18(10):e7.  Abstract  
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Background: The potency of inactivated and recombinant influenza vaccines is measured using the single-radial immunodiffusion (SRID) assay. The strain-specific antigen and antibody potency reagents required ...

Lane MC, Luke CJ, Bresee J, Dugan VG, Post DJ, Sch. Meeting Report: Controlled Human Influenza Virus Infection Model Studies: Current Status and Future Directions for Innovation. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 Oct;18(10):e1.  Abstract  
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On November 13-14, 2023, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in partnership with the Task Force for Global Health, Flu Lab, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and ...

USCDC. Interim Guidance for Employers to Reduce the Risk of Novel Influenza A for People Working with or Exposed to Animals. USCDC.  Abstract  
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Human infections with novel influenza A viruses (such as H5N1 Bird Flu) can happen when enough virus gets into a person's eyes, nose, or mouth, or is inhaled. This can happen when virus is in the air (in ...

?al??kan, D. M., Kumar, S., Hinse, S., Schughart,. Molecular characterisation of influenza B virus from the 2017/18 season in primary models of the human lung reveals improved adaptation to the lower respiratory tract. Emerging Microbes & Infections.  Abstract  
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The 2017/18 influenza season was characterized by unusual high numbers of severe infections and hospitalizations. Instead of influenza A viruses, this season was dominated by infections with influenza ...