Booked @british-airways.bsky.social flights for me and my daughter last week. Paid >£2,200, got confirmation & booking ref. Today I go to check the arrival time: booking gone. Called BA: “auto-cancelled by the system” with no notice. ~2 hs phone call to fix it. What if I had shown up at the airport?

Thanks to medical historian Martin Furmanski for driving the research of this hypothesis that might generate new leads about the origin of the 1918 flu pandemic. Just published in @jidjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/infd...

Did horses act as intermediate hosts that facilitated the emergence of 1918 pandemic influenza?

Based on historical research of equine influenza epidemiology and horse movement data, we hypothesize that horses acted as intermediate hosts during the ge

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A must read that illustrates the importance of free and independent press. And an amazing story.

Use of equine H3N8 hemagglutinin as a broadly protective influenza vaccine immunogen www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Use of equine H3N8 hemagglutinin as a broadly protective influenza vaccine immunogen - npj Vaccines

npj Vaccines - Use of equine H3N8 hemagglutinin as a broadly protective influenza vaccine immunogen

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A letter to the Editor of the Equine Veterinary Journal about the implications of H5N1 influenza exposure in beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

<em>Equine Veterinary Journal</em> | BEVA Journal | Wiley Online Library

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Seasonal influenza a virus lineages exhibit divergent abilities to antagonize interferon induction and signaling journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Seasonal influenza a virus lineages exhibit divergent abilities to antagonize interferon induction and signaling

Author summary Successful replication and transmission of influenza A viruses (IAVs) requires effective subversion of the innate immune response. We developed a new single cell method to examine the i...

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Avian flu suspected in cats that drank raw milk as virus kills animals at Arizona zoo www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Avian flu suspected in cats that drank raw milk as virus kills animals at Arizona zoo

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Our research featured in Neewsweek www.newsweek.com/birdflu-hors...

Fear bird flu silently spreading as horse infections confirmed

Horses have been infected by bird flu without symptoms, raising concerns the virus could spread to other species, including humans.

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🐄 NEW | Research from the CVR reveals how #H5N1 avian influenza has adapted to infect bovine cells, contributing to a major outbreak in dairy cattle in North America. Multiple internal genomic segments of the virus drive its adaptation to bovine cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

POLYGENIC DETERMINANTS OF H5N1 ADAPTATION TO BOVINE CELLS

H5N1 avian influenza virus (lineage 2.3.4.4b, B3.13 genotype) has caused, unexpectedly, a large outbreak in dairy cattle in North America. It is critical to ascertain how this virus has specifically a...

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📢 New research from Prof Pablo Murcia & colleagues found that horses have been infected with H5N1 (avian influenza) in Asia and these infections have been occurring undetected. Find out more: gla.ac.uk/research/az/... Read the research: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

Horses have been infected with H5N1 – avian flu – in Asia, and those infections have been occurring in horses undetected, according to a new study led by @uofglasgow.bsky.social's @cvrinfo.bsky.social in collaboration with an international team of scientists. More➡️ gla.ac/41pgA2K

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Horses have been infected with H5N1 – avian flu – in Asia, and those infections have been occurring in horses undetected, according to a new study led by @uofglasgow.bsky.social's @cvrinfo.bsky.social in collaboration with an international team of scientists. More➡️ gla.ac/41pgA2K

🦸 Hidden superheroes in our cells!? @waelskamel.bsky.social, @castello-lab.bsky.social & the Rosalind Franklin Institute have uncovered how a team of cellular “superheroes” leap into action to stop viruses in their tracks. More: gla.ac.uk/research/az/... The study: cell.com/molecular-ce...

UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

🆕 New research from @cvrinfo.bsky.social finds the ‘Clark Kent’ of cells, secretly fighting to protect us from viruses. In the study, scientists have discovered that human cells are home to their own hidden superheroes, covertly helping us to fight off a range of viruses. More➡️ gla.ac/3ZOFIP2

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China reports two more H9N2 avian flu cases www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

China reports two more H9N2 avian flu cases

H9N2 is known to circulate in poultry in the region, and infections are typically reported in children who experience mild disease.

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Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

Horses are natural hosts of influenza viruses so it’s no surprise that they can be infected by H5N1. We should monitor such infections in equine populations to prevent the emergence of novel influenza viruses that might affect horses and other animals, or even humans. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Evidence of Influenza A(H5N1) Spillover Infections in Horses, Mongolia

Evidence of H5N1 Influenza Spillover Infections in Horses, Mongolia

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