Mike Coston

WHO: Candidate Vaccine Viruses for Pandemic Preparedness - Feb 2026 Credit NIAID #19,070 In addition to deciding which influenza viruses to include in the next seasonal flu vaccine (see  WHO Recommendations f...

AFD Blog `WHO: Candidate Vaccine Viruses for Pandemic Preparedness - Feb 2026' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/03/who-...

FluView Week 7: Influenza Remains Elevated & Additional Reports of Antiviral Resistance https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2026-week-07.htm l #19,069 Three months into this year's influenza season and flu activity remain...

AFD Blog `FluView Week 7: Influenza Remains Elevated & Additional Reports of Antiviral Resistance' #H1N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/fluv...

WHO Recommendations for Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2026-2027 Northern Hemisphere Influenza Season Credit ACIP   #19,068 Twice each year international influenza experts meet to discuss recent developments in human and animal influenza viru...

AFD Blog `WHO Recommendations for Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2026-2027 Northern Hemisphere Influenza Season' #H3N2 #H1N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/who-...

South Korea: MAFRA Extends Special Quarantine Period for 3rd Month (to March 31st) #19,067 On January 5th, South Korea ordered  Special Quarantine Measures Implemented for one Month to Prevent the Spread of HPAI ,  which ...

AFD Blog `South Korea: MAFRA Extends Special Quarantine Period for 3rd Month (to March 31st)' #H5Nx #ASF #FMD afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/sout...

California: Background on the Outbreak of H5N1 in Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve California Parks #19,066 Yesterday, California Parks and UC Santa Cruz announced the first U.S. detection of H5N1 in Elephant Seals at t...

AFD Blog `California: Background on the Outbreak of #H5N1 in Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/cali...

South Korea: H5N9 Rising #19,065 Last last year, South Korea's MAFRA Reported  Increased Infectivity & Pathogenicity of This Year's Avian Flu Strains , which - for...

AFD Blog `South Korea: #H5N9 Rising' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/sout...

Nature Comms: Baloxavir outperforms oseltamivir, favipiravir, and amantadine in treating lethal influenza A(H5N1) HA clade 2.3.4.4b infection in mice CDC Influenza Antiviral Medications:  Summary for Clinicians - Jan 2026 #19,062 During any novel influenza pandemic - even one as long ant...

Which drug should countries be stockpiling in case of an #H5N1 pandemic? Maybe #baloxavir? afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/natu... #birdflu

Preprint: Near Real-time Data on the Human Neutralizing Antibody Landscape to Influenza Virus as of Early 2026 to Inform Vaccine-strain Selection Credit NIAID #19,064 Later this week the WHO is expected to convene their semi-annual vaccine selection committee to consider the makeup of ...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Near Real-time Data on the Human Neutralizing Antibody Landscape to Influenza Virus as of Early 2026 to Inform Vaccine-strain Selection' #H3N2 #H1N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...

Preprint: Hematogenous Neuroinvasion and Genotype-dependent Transmission of Influenza A H5N1 Viruses in the Cat Host Based on USDA Data #19,063 Based on limited - and admittedly opportunistic - surveillance, felines ( domestic cats, mountain lions, bobcat...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Hematogenous Neuroinvasion and Genotype-dependent Transmission of Influenza A #H5N1 Viruses in the #Cat Host' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...

Nature Comms: Baloxavir outperforms oseltamivir, favipiravir, and amantadine in treating lethal influenza A(H5N1) HA clade 2.3.4.4b infection in mice CDC Influenza Antiviral Medications:  Summary for Clinicians - Jan 2026 #19,062 During any novel influenza pandemic - even one as long ant...

AFD Blog `Nature Comms: Baloxavir outperforms oseltamivir, favipiravir, and amantadine in treating lethal influenza A(H5N1) HA clade 2.3.4.4b infection in mice' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/natu...

South Korea: MAFRA Detects ASF DNA in Pig Feed Additive as Outbreaks Increase (n=18) #19,061 Just over a month ago (Jan 16th) South Korea reported their first African Swine Fever outbreak of 2026 , and since then 17 more ...

AFD Blog `South Korea: MAFRA Detects #ASF DNA in Pig Feed Additive as Outbreaks Increase (n=18)' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/sout...

J. Inf.: Zoonotic Threat of Novel H6N2 Avian Influenza Virus with Internal Genes Exclusively Derived from H9N2, China, 2025 Transmission patterns between different hosts of  H6 viruses.   Credit: JOI: Prevalence and Transmission of Influenza A (H6) Viruses #19,06...

AFD Blog `J. Inf.: Zoonotic Threat of Novel #H6N2 Avian Influenza Virus with Internal Genes Exclusively Derived from #H9N2, China, 2025' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/j-in...

New Jersey's Wild Bird Die-Off #19,059 The Northern Hemisphere is at - or near - peak avian flu for this winter season, with literally scores of outbreaks being reporte...

AFD Blog `New Jersey's Wild Bird Die-Off' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-... h/t @FluTrackers

When You're in the Market For Bird Flu Based on USDA Data - Graph created with Gemini #19,058 Since the arrival of H5N1 in late 2021, the  USDA has reported  64 outbreaks  in li...

AFD Blog `When You're in the Market For Bird Flu' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/when...

EID Journal: Vaccine-Like African Swine Fever Virus Strain in Domestic Pigs, Thailand, 2024 How ASF Spreads #19,057 We've a bit of a medical mystery today courtesy of an early release research article published this week in the EI...

AFD Blog `EID Journal: Vaccine-Like African Swine Fever Virus Strain in Domestic Pigs, Thailand, 2024' #ASF afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/eid-...

Pathogens: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Cats with Confirmed Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Infection During the 2023 Outbreak in Poland #19,056 Three summers ago, when domestic feline infection with HPAI H5N1 was still considered a fairly rare event, we followed an unusually ...

AFD Blog `Pathogens: Clinical and Laboratory Findings in #Cats with Confirmed Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Infection During the 2023 Outbreak in Poland' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/path...

WHO: Mpox: Recombinant Virus With Genomic Elements of Clades Ib and IIb - Global Mpox Multi-country external situation report no. 62  #19,055 Although details were scant, on December 8th, 2025 the UKHSA Identified a New...

AFD Blog `WHO: #Mpox: Recombinant Virus With Genomic Elements of Clades Ib and IIb - Global' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/who-...

Cambodia Reports 1st H5N1 Case of 2026 #19,054 Just three days before the Lunar New Year, Cambodia's MOH has announced the first HPAI H5 human infection since last November. Thi...

AFD Blog `Cambodia Reports 1st #H5N1 Case of 2026' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/camb...

FluView Week 5: Influenza Remains Elevated & Slight Uptick In Antiviral Resistance CDC FluView Report Week 5 #19,053 For the 9th consecutive week, influenza remains above the National Baseline , and with the recent rise ...

AFD Blog `FluView Week 5: Influenza Remains Elevated & Slight Uptick In Antiviral #Resistance' #H1N1 #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/fluv...

Several States Warn On Contact With Wild Birds/Mammals #19,052 Two months ago, in  Declining Mammalian Spillover Submissions To USDA Over Past 8 Months , we looked at the recent drop in reported ...

AFD Blog `Several States Warn On Contact With Wild Birds/Mammals' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/seve...

South Korea: Joint Government-Wide Response to Livestock Infectious Diseases during the Lunar New Year Holiday #19,051 South Korea is no stranger to dealing with outbreaks of Avian Influenza, African Swine Fever (ASF), and Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)...

AFD Blog `South Korea: Joint Government-Wide Response to Livestock Infectious Diseases during the Lunar New Year Holiday' #H5N1 #ASF #FMD afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/sout...

Viruses: Avian Influenza H5N1 Infection During Pregnancy: Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic and Improving Perinatal Outcomes Photo Credit – CDC #19,050 During the 1918 pandemic an abnormally high number of pregnant women died from the influenza, and those that surv...

AFD BLog `Viruses: Avian Influenza #H5N1 Infection During Pregnancy: Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic and Improving Perinatal Outcomes' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/viru...

Hong Kong CHP: Cryptic Announcement of 1 New H10N3, and 2 H9N2 Cases on the Mainland. #19,049 As we've discussed previously, in  HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland , reports out of C...

AFD Blog `Hong Kong CHP: Cryptic Announcement of 1 New #H10N3, and 2 #H9N2 Cases on the Mainland.' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/hong...

Nature Comms: Assessing HPAI-H5 Transmission Risk Across Wild Bird Migratory Flyways in the United States #19,048 The world has been watching HPAI H5N1 for nearly 3 decades, but today's HPAI H5 viruses are a far cry from the A/Goose/Guangdong/1...

AFD Blog `Nature Comms: Assessing HPAI-H5 Transmission Risk Across Wild Bird Migratory Flyways in the United States' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/natu...

Preprint: Efficient Replication of Influenza D Virus in the Human Airway Underscores Zoonotic Potential Credit NIAID #19,047 One of the more intriguing influenza discoveries of the past dozen years has been the identification of a previously un...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Efficient Replication of #Influenza D Virus in the Human Airway Underscores #Zoonotic Potential' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...

More Than One Way To Start An Epidemic . . . #19,046 Last week, in  Taiwan: Another Avian Flu `Incident ' , we looked at the latest in a series (see here , here , and here ) of high pro...

AFD Blog `More Than One Way To Start An Epidemic . . .' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/more...

NERC: Long-Term Reliability Assessment (Jan 2026) #19,045 NERC , or the North American Electric Reliability Corporation,  was tasked with   " ensuring the reliability of the North America...

AFD Blog `NERC: Long-Term Reliability Assessment (Jan 2026)' #PowerGrid afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/nerc...

Taiwan: Yunlin County Reports Another `Midnight' Dumping of H5N1 Infected Poultry #19,045 Last week Taiwan's poultry industry was roiled by the discovery of thousands of H5N1 infected poultry illegally dumped or buried ...

AFD Blog `Taiwan: Yunlin County Reports Another `Midnight' Dumping of #H5N1 Infected Poultry' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/taiw...

According to below report, avian influenza H5N1 diagnosed in association with mortality of nearly 10,000 crows (species?) in Darbhanga, Bihar, north-east India since January 2026.

South Korea CDC: `Traveler Respiratory Disease Testing Service' Expanded to 13 Airports & Ports Nationwide Translated KCDC Graphic #19,044 South Korea continues to be openly proactive in their preparations for the next pandemic threat: Eighteen ...

AFD Blog `South Korea CDC: `Traveler Respiratory Disease Testing Service' Expanded to 13 Airports & Ports Nationwide' #H5N1 #Preparedness afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/02/sout...