After more than three years of negotiations, WHO reached a draft agreement for consideration at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May.

ECDC has produced key lessons learned, from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the multicountry Mpox outbreak in 2022–2023. They are organised according to the phases of the continuous preparedness cycle: Anticipation, Response and Recovery.

Pasteurisation has been proven to inactivate the influenza H5N1 virus, rendering pasteurised cow milk safe for consumers.

Testing approved antivirals against A(H5N1) influenza viruses circulating in peridomestic species, including dairy cows, is critical to public health and pre-pandemic planning.

The United States Department of Agriculture has recently released reports that show samples collected from 2022 to 2025 of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) have been detected in mammals and birds.

The current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtype clade 2.3.4.4b in dairy cattle in the United States has affected nearly 900 dairy farms and resulted in at least 39 human infections.

Expedition finds H5N1 in 13 bird and seal species on the Antarctic Peninsula

Avian H5N1 influenza viruses are circulating widely in cattle and other mammals and pose a risk for a human pandemic.