Tag: Influenza
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Avian influenza, China – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Avian influenza, Chile – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in a child with exposure to live poultry markets in Anhui Province, China – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Japan reports early onset of influenza season in late August, second-earliest since 1999 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First detections of HPAI (H5N1) in dolphins and foxes in South Australia signal multispecies spillover; Macquarie Island evacuation – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N5) detected in a second polar bear in Svalbard, Norway; ongoing multispecies Arctic spillover – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b detected in fetal bovine serum — biosafety implications for cell culture, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) epizootic expands to penguins, seabirds, and a red fox across multiple states, Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Decade-high weekly hospitalization rate for severe respiratory illness in New Zealand amid A(H3N2) subclade K and other respiratory viruses – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First confirmed HPAI (H5N1) infection in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia marks mammalian spillover – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Second human case of influenza A(H1N2) variant (swine flu) reported in an individual who attended an agricultural fair in Michigan, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Human case of influenza A(H9N2) virus infection reported in Yunnan, China, in a child <5 years of age with poultry exposure - BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Expanding HPAI (H5N1) epizootic in Australia, with 290 events across six states and mass seabird mortality – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) in wild birds: 239 events across six Australian states; little penguins affected on Phillip Island, Victoria – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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COVID-19 and influenza cluster reported among 194 alternative service recruits at Chenggongling Training Center, Taichung, Taiwan – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First HPAI (H5N1) detection in a brown skua in Tasmania — virus now confirmed across six Australian states, Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Multi-prefecture poultry outbreak of HPAI H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) with zoonotic spillover risk in Maritime Region, Togo – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b kills more than 13 000 southern elephant seal pups on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Influenza cases among trainees at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA, increase to 275, with four hospitalizations – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/ Upside: mandatory vaccination policy restored on 25Jun2026
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Fatal human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Chongqing Municipality, China, associated with poultry exposure – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First detection of avian influenza H5 in native resident seabirds marks new phase of incursion risk in South Australia and Western Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Fifth human case of HPAI (H5N1) reported in a nine-month-old in Phnom Penh, Cambodia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Bangladesh reports third human case (pediatric, age unknown) of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (H5) – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Recent WHO Surveillance Briefing (Overview) Avian Influenza from BEACON
www.woah.org/en/disease/avian-influenza/
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Some bylines cannot be improved, spot on NYT: Flu Outbreak at Largest USAF Base after Sec Hegseth Abandons A Century of Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html “A trainee in his sixth week of basic training died after falling ill on Friday and being taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, the Air Force said in a news release.”
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🫁 Global Respiratory Disease Update (Sep 2024 → Aug 2025)
Influenza and RSV shaped the 2024–25 respiratory season, with record RSV infant hospitalizations and 270 pediatric flu deaths in the U.S. Novel COVID-19 variants (NB.1.8.1, XFG) spread globally but did not increase severity. Other ARDS drivers—hMPV, adenovirus, parainfluenza—added to the global burden.
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Canceling Avian Influenza Vaccine is not how you keep the public safe
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/nx-s1-5414642/trump-vaccine-bird-flu-mrna
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Flu Deaths Among Children in United States Increased as Vaccine Rates Declined, NYT Reports
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/nyregion/flu-children-died.html
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Another High Mortality Event due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in New Large Mammal Host Population in U.S.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/big-cat-bird-flu-deaths-washington.html
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