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- News,Scientific PapersEfficacy of baloxavir marboxil against bovine H5N1 virus in miceSince the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle in early 2024, the virus has spread rapidly, posing a major public health concern as the number of human cases continues to rise.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersInactivation of Influenza A Viruses (H1N1, H5N1) During Grana-Type Raw Milk Cheesemaking: Implications for Foodborne Transmission RiskThis study demonstrates that the traditional Grana-type cheese production process effectively inactivates both LPAIV and HPAIV, even at high contamination levels.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersImmunogenicity of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant women, including the level of postvaccination antibodies in umbilical cord bloodIt is necessary to increase knowledge about the safety and effectiveness of influenza vaccination during pregnancy to improve awareness among patients and healthcare professionals and increase to increase vaccination coverage.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersComparative effectiveness of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in children over multiple influenza seasons (2019–2023)Annual vaccination with LAIV4 or IIV4 remains the best way to protect children against influenza infection.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersOn the brink: H5N1 and the risk to human healthThe avian influenza virus is a pathogen that has been well known to the scientific community ever since its first detection in 1996.Read more
- NewsAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a CrossroadsRecent scientific advancements enabled the accelerated development, production, and evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines, leveraging novel technologies that are estimated to have prevented approximately 1.6 million hospitalizations and 235.000 deaths in the USRead more
- NewsPodcast Series: hMPV – A Common Yet Unknown Respiratory ThreatIn this 3-part podcast series, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) aims to raise awareness of hMPV. The series will feature scientists, clinicians and the voices of older people and groups representing those most at risk of serious disease.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersWeekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 23, ending June 7, 2025Seasonal influenza activity is low. Nationally, during Week 23, the percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza virus in clinical laboratories was 1.7%.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersEnhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globallyThe recent emergence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus infections in dairy cows and humans in the U.S. has raised alarms regarding the potential for a pandemic.Read more
- News,Policy & RecommendationsThe European Commission invests in the development of innovative products against respiratory virusesThe technology provides a universal solution to respiratory viruses, regardless of an individual's immune history – for example, people who do not sufficiently respond to a vaccine, or don't get vaccinatedRead more
- News,Scientific PapersSwine influenza virus surveillance programme pilot to assess the risk for animal and public health, the Netherlands, 2022 to 2023Swine influenza viruses are found throughout the year on Dutch pig farms. Viruses descending from the 2009 influenza pandemic outbreak spread repeatedly from humans to pigs afterwards.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersH5N1 2.3.4.4b: a review of mammalian adaptations and risk of pandemic emergenceH5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has spread globally since 2021, decimating avian species, and has spilled over into mammalian species, causing sporadic infections and fatal outbreaks in sea lions, cats, mink and dairy cattle.Read more
- News,Policy & RecommendationsHERA Industry days 2025The European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Authority brought together industry stakeholders, innovators and policymakers in Brussels to advance medical countermeasure and innovation, and enhance collaboration in health preparednessRead more
- News,Policy & RecommendationsEU Working Group on Respiratory Care kick-off meetingThis group will lead the development of a Call to Action to advocate for better access to treatments, in particular COVID- 19.Read more
- European Vaccine Hub to enhance health preparedness across EUThe initiative consist of key actions, that will amongst others, speed-up vaccine development to less than four months from identifying a pathogen's genomic sequence.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersCardiac Events in Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus vs COVID-19 or InfluenzaWhat is the risk of acute cardiovascular complications in adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vs influenza or SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection?Read more
- News,Policy & RecommendationsWorld Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemicsAgreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersCompetition between transmission lineages mediated by human mobility shapes seasonal influenza epidemics in the USDue to its climatic variability, complex mobility networks and geographic expanse, the United States represents a compelling setting to explore the transmission processes that lead to heterogeneous yearly seasonal influenza epidemics.Read more
- News,Policy & RecommendationsThe European Health Data Space cannot stand without a solid foundation of patients’ rights protectionCelebrated the XIX European Patients’ Rights Day at the EU ParliamentRead more
- News,Scientific PapersHuman infections with Eurasian avian-like swine influenza virus detected by coincidence via routine respiratory surveillance systems, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2023Human infections with swIAV have been detected sporadically in Europe whereas in the United States, such infections have been detected more frequently.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersDiverse bat organoids provide pathophysiological models for zoonotic virusesSeveral viruses that cause problems for human beings originated in bats. However, cellular and tissue models for understanding virus infection in these important reservoir species are limited.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersAvian influenza housing measures lifted in EnglandMandatory housing measures introduced across a large swathe of England to try and curb the spread of avian influenza are being lifted from today (15 May).Read more
- NewsWHO’s state of the world's nursing report 2025The 2025 edition provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce.Read more
- News,Scientific PapersComparing methods collecting mucosal secretions and detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike IgA in three laboratories across three countriesSeveral mucosal vaccines are in development, and consistent methodologies assessing mucosal IgA are crucial for evaluation across clinical trials.Read more