The initiative consist of key actions, that will amongst others, speed-up vaccine development to less than four months from identifying a pathogen's genomic sequence.

Agreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.

Due to its climatic variability, complex mobility networks and geographic expanse, the United States represents a compelling setting to explore the transmission processes that lead to heterogeneous yearly seasonal influenza epidemics.

Human infections with swIAV have been detected sporadically in Europe whereas in the United States, such infections have been detected more frequently.

Several viruses that cause problems for human beings originated in bats. However, cellular and tissue models for understanding virus infection in these important reservoir species are limited.

Mandatory housing measures introduced across a large swathe of England to try and curb the spread of avian influenza are being lifted from today (15 May).

Over the past 25 years, there has been an increasing number of mammalian (including human) infections caused by avian influenza A viruses that resulted in mild to severe illnesses.

2024 saw a novel outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in US dairy cattle. Limited surveillance data has made determining the true scale of the epidemic difficult.