The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals
Influenza A viruses have caused more documented global pandemics in human history than any other pathogen. High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses belonging to the H5N1 subtype are a leading pandemic risk.
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Lighthouse: a Community of Practice by ECDC
An online collaboration space where professionals working in the prevention of infectious diseases come together, driven by the shared goal of integrating social and behavioural sciences in their public health work.
On the verge of RSV disease prevention: A communications toolkit
Use these materials to raise awareness about new immunisation products to protect infants in early life from a top cause of severe respiratory infections in children.
SARS-COV-2 re-infection and incidence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) among essential workers in New York: a retrospective cohort study
After surviving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), some people develop symptoms known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). PASC is an emerging phenomenon yet to be fully understood, and identifying risk factors has been challenging.
The Value of Prevention for Economic Growth and the Sustainability of Healthcare, Social, and Welfare Systems
There is a need to share a new paradigm that shifts the healthcare model from a reactive (treating sickness) to a proactive system (promoting health), leveraging investments in health prevention.
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ECDC launches RespiCompass, a scenario modelling hub for respiratory diseases
ECDC has launched an online platform, RespiCompass, which uses mathematical modelling to simulate respiratory disease dynamics under different scenarios.
H5N1 Bird Flu continues to take its toll in the United States
Clade 2.3.4.4b of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, continues to spread in dairy cows, poultry and other animals across the United States.
Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory
A substantial proportion of patients suffer from Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS) with fatigue and impairment of memory and concentration being the most important symptoms.
Temporal Trends in Respiratory Infection Epidemics Among Pediatric Inpatients Throughout the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic From 2018 to 2023 in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Strengthening of nonpharmaceutical interventions changed the epidemic dynamics of pediatric infectious diseases, with a trend toward older hospitalized children.
Bird flu: US reports first human death in person infected with H5N1
The US has reported its first human death from avian influenza H5N1 in a person who had been admitted to hospital in Louisiana after being exposed to a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
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Trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus, in the Northern Hemisphere
Based on the current risk assessment, WHO advises against any travel or trade restrictions related to current trends in acute respiratory infections.
Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022
The outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 is the likely primary driver of these declines.
