Scientists comment on the UK Health Security Agency’s new Priority Pathogens reference tool for R&D funders. Dr Catrin Moore, … read more
Scientists comment on the first case of Avian Flu (H5N1) confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire. Dr Colin Butter, … read more
Scientists comment on high numbers of hospitalisations from flu, as reported by NHS England. Punam Mangtani, Professor in Epidemiology … read more
A study published in Science looks at a mutation in bovine influenza (H5N1) hemagglutinin (HA) which could switch binding specificity to human … read more
Scientists react to Phase 3 data on the combination vaccine against COVID-19 and flu. Prof John Tregoning, Professor in … read more
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine looks at cows milk containing avian influenza virus A (H5N1) … read more
Scientists react to news of a human case of influenza A being detected. Dr Andrew Catchpole, Chief Scientific Officer … read more
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have announced that this year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will … read more
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have published their latest technical briefing on avian influenza, reporting on 2 additional asymptomatic … read more
Results from a new international Nature study into the pandemic potential of avian flu, led by the MRC-University of Glasgow … read more
A conference abstract (not a published paper) presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) annual … read more
It has been reported that an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died after being infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus. … read more
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) has been causing outbreaks in wild birds and farmed poultry for decades. In … read more
There have been reports that the avian influenza outbreak in the UK has spilled over into mammals. Prof Mark … read more
A study published in Science looks at a multivalent mRNA vaccine candidate against all known influenza virus subtypes. Dr … read more
With restrictions imposed during the Covid pandemic, we haven’t had a ‘proper’ flu season for a number of years. We’ve … read more
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published recommendations that all over-50s should be offered COVID-19 booster and … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published an article exploring how COVID-19 compares to flu and pneumonia as a … read more
Researchers have carried out a study which looked at disease severity and death data from adults who had been hospitalised … read more
A study, published in JAMA Network Open, has looked at a smartphone-based Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay (smaRT-LAMP) for detection of … read more
