Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Extendicare Maple View
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Goulais Bay
Location: #SaultSteMarie #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-15
Public Health Unit: #Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0016
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU
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Updated joint #FAO / #WHO / #WOAH public health #assessment of recent #influenza A(#H5) virus events in #animals and people - Assessment based on data as of 1 March 2025, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/updated-joint-fao-who-woah-public.html
Mice who were treated with beta-glucan showed greater resistance than controls to influenza A, with less lung inflammation and greater survival. The protective effect seems to be induced by changing gene expression in neutrophils.
Summary: https://www.sciencealert.com/common-mushroom-fiber-may-protect-against-flu-study-finds
Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-024-02041-2
Note that although there are dietary sources of beta-glucan, in this experiment the mice had beta-glucan injected intraperitoneally.
{#EFSA} Avian #influenza #overview December 2024-March 2025 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40236376/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1LGAx__djGAJ9poBzWGqPtjEbBDtz4ipSRRPUplmgHEyyF_Ihj&fc=None&ff=20250416063255&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414
The #risk of #infection with the avian A(H5) influenza viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b currently circulating in #Europe remains low for the general public in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). The risk of infection remains low-to-moderate for those occupationally or otherwise exposed to infected animals or contaminated environments.
Safety and Immunogenicity of #Poultry #Vaccine for Protecting Critically Endangered Avian Species against Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza Virus, #USA, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/safety-and-immunogenicity-of-poultry.html
Number of babies hospitalised with respiratory illness down 70pc
By Gemma Ferguson and Stephen Clarke
One less infant, under the age of six months, was hospitalised each day following the release of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) shot, Queensland Health says.
#Estonia - #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Immediate notification, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/estonia-influenza-h5n1-viruses-of-high.html
Trennungen zwischen Hirnstamm und Kleinhirn" findet ihr unter https://www.change.org/p/hygiene-neu-denken-saubere-innenraumluft-und-konsequente-schutzma%C3%9Fnahmen/u/33431064
#China reported three additional cases of #human #infection with avian #influenza virus #H9N2 (HK CHP), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/china-reported-three-additional-cases.html
#Prevention and #control of avian #influenza virus: Recent advances in diagnostic technologies and #surveillance strategies, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/prevention-and-control-of-avian.html
Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Greater Niagara General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: 2C Medicine
Location: #NiagaraFalls #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-12
Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0041
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH
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Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza A(#H5N1) #Outbreak in Endangered #Cranes, Izumi Plain, #Japan, 2022–23, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-ah5n1.html
Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza in Northern #Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in the #Netherlands, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-in.html
#Surveillance for #human #infections with avian #influenza A(#H5) viruses: objectives, case #definitions, #testing and reporting (#WHO), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/surveillance-for-human-infections-with.html
Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Greater Niagara General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: Trillium
Location: #NiagaraFalls #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-12
Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0041
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH
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#FYI #US #USA #disease #diseases #AMA #AmericanMedicalAssociation #AndreaGarcia #ToddUnger #measles #covid19 #sarscov2 #covid #longcovid #mentalhealth #influenza #flu
Is flu season over? What helps allergies at home? Are there long-term effects of COVID? Do people get sick more often after COVID? Why kids should have phones?
Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Seasons Owen Sound
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #OwenSound #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-10
Public Health Unit: Grey Bruce Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #GBHU0045
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObGBHU
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Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: Le Genesis
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Limoges #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-07
Public Health Unit: Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #EOHU0043
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObEOHU
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