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Webinar: H5N1
4 June 2024
Online webinar
eswi.org/h5n1/webinar
10th ESWI Influenza Conference 2025
20 - 23 October 2025
Valencia, Spain
The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) will organise the 10th edition of its ESWI Influenza Conference in Valencia from 20 - 23 October 2025.
ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
Listen to the new ESWI podcast series featuring Early Career Scientist and explore the joys and sorrows of establishing a scientific career.
www.eswiairborne.org
Webinar: Immunisation & Treatment
30 November 2023
Online webinar
eswi.org/immunisation
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2024
15
October
 
ESWI Science Policy Interface Roundtable
Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague
The objective is to promote information exchange on science and current and future health policy challenges focusing on acute respiratory virus infections (flu, COVID-19, RSV) in the country concerned.
2024
16
October
 
EU Flu Day 2024
European Parliament, Brussels
Seasonal influenza poses a significant but often under-recognised challenge. The Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination is a group of academics, scientists, healthcare workers and civic society, advocating for increased flu vaccine uptake in Europe.
Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination
2024
2
November
 
MENA-ISN Influenza Day 2024
Istanbul, Turkey
MENA-ISN Influenza Day 2024. Theme: Navigating the Realm of Respiratory Infections, Insights into Challenges and Innovations.
Middle East, Eurasia And Africa Influenza Stakeholders Network
2025
20-22
February
 
4th European Bronchiectasis Workshop
Paris, France
4th European Bronchiectasis Workshop (EBROW 2025) will strongly advocate for the recognition of the disease in France and in other European countries where it is still neglected.
EBROW25
2025
20-23
October
 
ESWI EVENT
10th ESWI Influenza Conference 2025
Valencia, Spain
The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) will organise the 10th edition of its ESWI Influenza Conference in Valencia from 20 - 23 October 2025.
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Massachusetts wraps up avian flu testing of all licensed dairy farms
CIDRAP
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The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) said yesterday that it, along with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), has completed H5N1 avian flu testing of all 95 licensed dairy farms in the state, with no positive sample
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Research suggests many people already have T cells with the power to fight avian flu
Medical Press
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Research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on "stand by" to fight the H5N1 virus, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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Avian Flu Has Infected Dairy Cows in More Than a Dozen States – a Microbiologist Explains How the Virus Is Spreading

Jenna Guthmiller

Although H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows
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Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say
abcNEWS
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Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness
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ESWI networks & communities

Influenza Diabetes Community

The Influenza Diabetes Community (IDC) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, patient -and other stakeholder organisations to discuss, share best practices and to network with the objective to raise awareness of the burden of influenza, Covid-19 and RSV in people living with diabetes.

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Early Career Scientists Network

Some of the best and most innovative ideas come from early career scientists, they are the future of the influenza field. For this reason, ESWI has been actively encouraging the careers of early career scientists for many years. 

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