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 ...

USFDA: Cat and Dog Food Manufacturers Required to Consider H5N1 in Food Safety Plans    
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January 17, 2025The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods who are covered by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Preventive Controls ...

US: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Wayne County Flock in Michigan    
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January 16, 2025Following an investigation by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has detected the presence ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Second Caroline County Farm in Maryland    
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An additional commercial broiler flock in Caroline County, MD within the initial control area of the first Caroline County positive farm announced on January 10, 2025, has tested presumptive positive for ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Queen Anne´s County in Maryland    
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from Maryland Department of Agriculture
The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced a second case in Maryland of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) of a commercial operation in Queen Anne’s County following routine sampling ...

Ray EL, Wang Y, Wolfinger RD, Reich NG. Flusion: Integrating multiple data sources for accurate influenza predictions. Epidemics. 2024 Dec 25;50:100810.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 hours ago from Epidemics. 2024 Dec 25;50:100810
Over the last ten years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has organized an annual influenza forecasting challenge with the motivation that accurate probabilistic forecasts could ...

Sullivan SG, Khvorov A, Carolan L, Dowson L, Hadip. Antibody responses against influenza A decline with successive years of annual influenza vaccination. NPJ Vaccines. 2025 Jan 17;10(1):11.  Abstract  
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Influenza vaccine effectiveness and immunogenicity can be compromised with repeated vaccination. We assessed immunological markers in a cohort of healthcare workers (HCW) from six public hospitals around ...

Gong HH, Worley MJ, Carver KA, Godin CJ, Deng JC. Deficient neutrophil responses early in influenza infection promote viral replication and pulmonary inflammation. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Jan 17;21(1):e1012449.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 hours ago from PLoS Pathog. 2025 Jan 17;21(1):e1012449
Neutrophils play key protective roles in influenza infections, yet excessive neutrophilic inflammation is a hallmark of acute lung injury during severe infections. Phenotypic heterogeneity is increasingly ...

Teo QW, Wang Y, Lv H, Oade MS, Mao KJ, Tan TJC, Hu. Probing the functional constraints of influenza A virus NEP by deep mutational scanning. Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 14;44(1):115196.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 18 hours ago from Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 14;44(1):115196
The influenza A virus nuclear export protein (NEP) is a multifunctional protein that is essential for the viral life cycle and has very high sequence conservation. However, since the open reading frame ...

Lambertucci, S.A., Santangeli, A. & Plaza, P.I. The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity. Nat. Rev. Biodivers. 1, 7–9 (2025).  Abstract  
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is an emerging and unexpected threat to many wild animal species, which has implications for ecological processes, ecosystem services and conservation of threatened ...