Thrilled to share our new paper where we sequenced 20 new #dengue virus genomes from #SaudiArabia, revealing the country as a major hub for DENV introductions from Asia & Africa and subsequent spread. 🦟🔬 Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to share our new paper on the evolution and spatio-temporal patterns of #hMPV in #CotedIvoire, revealing multiple introductions and widespread transmission. Understanding hMPV is crucial for #publichealth and vaccine development. Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40898134/

After 8 months of peer review, our manuscript was published today @nature.com showing that bovine H5N1 viruses bind poorly to human-type sialic acid receptors. We now know that the virus is only 1 HA substitution away from efficiently binding human receptors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#USDA confirmed 5 new #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Idaho, bringing the state's total to 52 and the cumulative national total to 1,005 herds in 17 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

seeing all these cruise ship outbreak posts. Interesting to see this phase 3 clinical trial as well! www.nihr.ac.uk/news/uks-fir... . Now norovirus infection is nasty but for normally healthy persons a few days nuisance. Infections can however be severe in persons with impaired immunity

Cant wait to give this a spin: FluMut, an open-source, cross-platform tool designed to identify molecular markers for host adaptation, increased virulence, and antiviral resistance in H5N1 viruses 👉 academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...

Cheese produced from raw milk: pH-dependent survival of HPAI, with infectious virus persisting throughout the cheese making process and for up to 60 days of aging in the pH 6.6 and 5.8 cheese groups. At pH 5.0, no virus survival. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How a fat in our diet (omega-6 linoleic acid)—a dietary long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid) has the potential to promote tumor growth www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

new genotype H5N1 introduced around December 2024, > a month before first measures were taken, despite testing of milk samples. Authors call for more vigorous testing for timely and maximally effective control measures for bovine H5N1 outbreaks virological.org/t/timing-and...

Bird flu spreads to marine mammals in UK : www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#RSV vaccine prompts robust immune response in older recipients over 2 seasons The vaccine had a similar favorable safety profile as placebo. www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...

In toxic cultures, people get promoted for results even if they destroy relationships. Abuse is a price to pay for high performance. In healthy cultures, no level of individual excellence justifies undermining people. You’re not a high performer if you don't elevate others.

A sick snow goose in West Philly has tested positive for H5N1. This is a very urban/populated area not too far from our lab. It is important for everyone to stay away from sick birds to avoid H5N1 exposures. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/...

📢Job alert We have two postdoctoral positions available, starting in Spring 2025. These positions are part of research funded by an ERC Advanced Grant, focused on exploring evolutionary immunology (Evo-Immuno). #Postdoc #InnateImmunity Do not hesitate to contact us. ibmc.cnrs.fr/en/laboratoi...

Bolivia has confirmed a death from a case of Chapare virus identified in December 2024. Thankfully all contacts have tested negative so far. Chapare virus is an arena virus transmitted by rodents. It was discovered in 2003. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Out the first of January: Integrating dynamical modeling and phylogeographic inference to characterize global influenza circulation academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.

I really need a better hobby, but I've enabled a new H5N1 dashboard view to let you see how known outbreaks/detections may interact with USDA Ag Census (2022) livestock inventories for: • 🐔 Poultry • 🐷 Pigs/Hogs • 🐄 Dairy Cattle • 🐮 Beef Cattle Select the new "USDA" tab: bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard

⚠️ BREAKING: USDA has confirmed a polar bear infected with H5N1 bird flu in North Slope, Alaska.

⚠️ BREAKING: USDA has confirmed a domestic cat infected with H5N1 bird flu in Tulare county, California.

Investigators trying to determine how a child in California might have contracted H5N1 bird flu are continuing to learn more details about the case.

Thorough review of avian influenza in human patients: transmission, clinical presentation & complications, diagnosis, treatment, investigational therapies, infection control vaccination. 👉https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.4621

There is still time to register for the seminar by Dr. Trovao @nidiatrovao.bsky.social from NIH/FIC, happening at tomorrow 1 pm EST (in-person and over zoom, open to everyone). Register here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

Welcome to ColumbiaMSPH Dean's Seminar Series on Infectious Disease Modeling featuring @nidiatrovao.bsky.social on Nov 26 (hybrid and open to the public). Register to join over Zoom! For registration: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev... Future events: publichealth.columbia.edu/about-us/eve...

Even if the risk of a pandemic appears low for now, the results are another warning that the U.S. needs to do more to bring H5N1 in cattle under control, says Albert Osterhaus: “Even a low risk of a looming catastrophe should be tackled at the source.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Update and typing for British Columbian H5N1 patient. Virus is clade 2.3.4.4b/D.1.1. Genotype is not associated with the ongoing dairy cattle outbreak south of the border, but reminder of ongoing zoonotic risk of HPAI. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/