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Commentary: Vaccine disruptions and mistrust are ramping up measles risk

Pandemics have consequences beyond the death and disease directly caused by the novel pathogen. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more deaths were caused by the pneumococcal bacterium among those made susceptible to bacterial infection by influenza than by the flu itself.

Los Angeles Times

Pindarri Poultry farm in Lethbridge fined over 2020 avian influenza control breach

A poultry company is fined over a biosecurity breach that led to thousands of turkeys being euthanased.

ABC News

Why can you still get influenza if you've had a flu shot?

Restrictions have eased, international borders are open and influenza is back in Australia after a two-year absence.

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Testing rates, Covid and the lockdown effect: what’s driving Australia’s big flu season?

Datablog: experts say an increase in testing means high cases have not translated into high hospitalisations

The Guardian - AU

Birds culled as avian influenza case detected in Sussex

All poultry on the premises have been humanely culled.

The Independent UK

Flu or COVID? These experts say taking a RAT test won't tell you

Canberra flu cases in children has increased rapidly in the last month.

The Canberra Times

Victoria Park drive-through COVID testing site will shut as more people access multi-virus tests

South Australia's largest COVID drive-through site will make way for the Adelaide 500 as more vulnerable people will be able to test for different viruses at once.

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Child dies with COVID as South Australia grapples with surge in influenza cases

A child under the age of three is one of six COVID-related deaths reported in SA today, as the state also grapples with a sharp surge in influenza cases.

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Which flu shot should I choose? And what are cell-based and 'adjuvanted' vaccines?

With Australians learning to live with COVID and resuming international travel, cases of influenza are steadily rising.

The Conversation

A ground plan for India’s COVID-19 response

The population-wide application of the pandemic response can be transitioned to be focused on individual protection

The Hindu

COVID isn't over, it's just getting started

Endemic Covid-19 could still be expected to kill between five and 10 New Zealanders a day, a toll three to six times greater than that of seasonal influenza.

Newsroom.co.nz

Avian flu has jumped from chickens to wild birds and is spreading fast

After a series of localised outbreaks in the past few years, avian flu has re-emerged as a major driver of bird deaths across the UK. Until the past few weeks, the latest outbreak of the disease – also known as bird flu or, to scientists, highly pathogenic avian influenza –…

The Conversation

The influenza pandemic and ‘nations within a nation’

Disease outbreaks can cause unanticipated and disruptive changes, affecting the business environment and policy

The Hindu

Flu seasons, like the COVID-19 pandemic, have become unusual and unpredictable. Here's why

Around the world, something very strange is happening with the spread of flu, with a range of specialists saying the COVID-19 pandemic has set off a chain of consequences that interrupted the spread of influenza, possibly throwing out seasonal trends for years to come.

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Record flu cases in May prompt warning

Experts say winter 2022 will redefine what it means for Australia to be "flu ready" as authorities report more than 65,770 confirmed cases of influenza in May.

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Public warned not to touch dead or sick birds as several wash up on Northumberland Coast

Dead birds have been reported on several beaches in Northumberland and despite Avian Influenza posing a low risk to humans, it is best not to take any risks - according to Northumberland's County Ecologist

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s aged care homes urged to speed up fourth-dose Covid boosters as outbreaks and deaths rise

Federal ministers Mark Butler and Anika Wells warn providers with low vaccination rates will have to explain themselves

Daily Record

Experts fear deadly new bird flu in Scotland could put some species at threat of extinction

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is intensifying in Scotland as experts warn the virus is 'new and unprecedented'

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Daily Record

Bird Flu: How to keep you and your dogs safe from Avian Influenza

Thousands of wild birds have been dying on Scotland's coastline.

Benzinga

Why LumiraDx Shares Are Rising Today

LumiraDx Ltd (NASDAQ: LMDX) shares are trading higher by 10.31% at $4.28 after the company announced it achieved CE Mark for two new Fast Lab Solutions molecular tests, including Dual-Target SARS-CoV-2 STAR Complete and SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/B RNA STAR Complete.

The Canberra Times

Canberra flu numbers spike early this year

All except one of the positive cases were influenza type A.

ABC News

Two patients a day evacuated from Maningrida as flu outbreak worsens in Northern Territory

Top End health authorities are feeling the strain as they scramble to deal with the worst flu outbreak in years.

Benzinga

Moderna Commences Late-stage Study of Flu Vaccine Candidate

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) today announced Initiation of Patient dosing in the phase 3 clinical study of its seasonal influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1010 for patients with influenza.

The National (Scotland)

Hong Kong suspends UK poultry imports due to Shetland avian flu

Hong Kong has suspended the import of poultry from the UK in the latest consequence of an outbreak of avian influenza in the Shetland Islands.

Salon

The challenges of calculating a lab leak

The odds of a dangerous pathogen escaping a lab are uncertain, and have implications for COVID-19 and more

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