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  1. News,Scientific Papers
    Efficacy of baloxavir marboxil against bovine H5N1 virus in mice
    Since 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.
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  2. News,Scientific Papers
    Inactivation of Influenza A Viruses (H1N1, H5N1) During Grana-Type Raw Milk Cheesemaking: Implications for Foodborne Transmission Risk
    This study demonstrates that the traditional Grana-type cheese production process effectively inactivates both LPAIV and HPAIV, even at high contamination levels.
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  3. News,Scientific Papers
    Immunogenicity of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant women, including the level of postvaccination antibodies in umbilical cord blood
    It 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.
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  4. News,Scientific Papers
    Comparative 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.
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  5. News,Scientific Papers
    On the brink: H5N1 and the risk to human health
    The avian influenza virus is a pathogen that has been well known to the scientific community ever since its first detection in 1996.
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  6. News
    Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
    Recent 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 US
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  7. News
    Podcast Series: hMPV – A Common Yet Unknown Respiratory Threat
    In 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.
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  8. News,Scientific Papers
    Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 23, ending June 7, 2025
    Seasonal influenza activity is low. Nationally, during Week 23, the percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza virus in clinical laboratories was 1.7%.
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  9. News,Scientific Papers
    Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally
    The 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.
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  10. News,Policy & Recommendations
    The European Commission invests in the development of innovative products against respiratory viruses
    The 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 vaccinated
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  11. News,Scientific Papers
    Swine influenza virus surveillance programme pilot to assess the risk for animal and public health, the Netherlands, 2022 to 2023
    Swine 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.
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  12. News,Scientific Papers
    H5N1 2.3.4.4b: a review of mammalian adaptations and risk of pandemic emergence
    H5N1 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.
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  13. News,Policy & Recommendations
    HERA Industry days 2025
    The 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 preparedness
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  14. News,Policy & Recommendations
    EU Working Group on Respiratory Care kick-off meeting
    This group will lead the development of a Call to Action to advocate for better access to treatments, in particular COVID- 19.
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  15. European Vaccine Hub to enhance health preparedness across EU
    The 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.
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  16. News,Scientific Papers
    Cardiac Events in Adults Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus vs COVID-19 or Influenza
    What is the risk of acute cardiovascular complications in adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vs influenza or SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection?
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  17. News,Policy & Recommendations
    World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
    Agreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.
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  18. News,Scientific Papers
    Competition between transmission lineages mediated by human mobility shapes seasonal influenza epidemics in the US
    Due 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.
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  19. News,Policy & Recommendations
    The European Health Data Space cannot stand without a solid foundation of patients’ rights protection
    Celebrated the XIX European Patients’ Rights Day at the EU Parliament
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  20. News,Scientific Papers
    Human infections with Eurasian avian-like swine influenza virus detected by coincidence via routine respiratory surveillance systems, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2023
    Human infections with swIAV have been detected sporadically in Europe whereas in the United States, such infections have been detected more frequently.
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  21. News,Scientific Papers
    Diverse bat organoids provide pathophysiological models for zoonotic viruses
    Several 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.
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  22. News,Scientific Papers
    Avian influenza housing measures lifted in England
    Mandatory 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).
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  23. News
    WHO’s state of the world's nursing report 2025
    The 2025 edition provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce.
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  24. News,Scientific Papers
    Comparing methods collecting mucosal secretions and detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike IgA in three laboratories across three countries
    Several mucosal vaccines are in development, and consistent methodologies assessing mucosal IgA are crucial for evaluation across clinical trials.
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