#BirdFlu #H5N1 And again,
ANIMAL AGRICULTURE 🤝 BIG PHARMA

Dangerous #viruses & #mutations will continue to be a major threat until we stop needlessly exploiting animals. We kill 140,000 chickens every single minute - & that’s only 1/many bird species we exploit

If you care enough to act - go vegan

The symbiosis between #bacteria & #viruses is the only essential foundation for all other life on Earth. How much do we know about bacteria?

"This means that the fraction of microbial diversity that we have sampled to date is effectively zero, a nice abstract entity to end on."

#Zero #Extinction

#infectiousdiseases #epidemics #pandemics #outbreak #viruses #adaptation

Havens et al. 6 March 2026, Cell

Dynamics of natural selection preceding human viral epidemics and pandemics

"Viral adaptation is not a necessary precursor to outbreaks of novel zoonotic viruses"

doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

Erin Doherty

#Postdoc spotlight: IGI's Erin Doherty, who studies the arms race between #viruses and hosts. Read more: https://ow.ly/2lcL50Yrskh

Scientists trace crop viruses back to the last Ice Age | AGDAILY A new study finds plant-infecting tymoviruses likely evolved before the last Ice Age and spread globally more recently through agricultural trade.

#Scientists trace #crop #viruses back to the last ice age ...

| #Agricuture | #plants | #diseases | #microbiology | #tymoviruses | Via agdaily .com

The pandemic virus that most likely emerged from a lab Research provides benchmark for distinguishing natural outbreaks from scenarios involving lab leaks

Many #pandemic #viruses emerged naturally ...

| #influenza | #pathogens | #SARSCoV2 | #Ebola | #Marburg | #Mpox | Via @the-independent.com

Recent pandemic viruses jumped to humans without prior adaptation, study finds A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a…

Recent #pandemic #viruses jumped to humans without prior adaptation ...

| #epidemics | #zoonoses | #pathogens | #MicroSky | #infections | Via @sciencex.bsky.social

And it is a great host for #viruses.

Nasal Spray Turbocharges Immunity. A multipurpose vaccine in a nasal spray could someday protect against life-threatening viruses including flu, pneumonia, even CoVid as well as multiple allergies. #viruses #allergen #immunity #nasalspray
www.instagram.com/p/DVtz5K6AKlf/

Co-circulation of #H3N2 canine #influenza and distemper #viruses in canine populations from #Liaoning, China

🔖 Prof. Ying Zhang at Shenyang Agricultural University

🔬🦠https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2025.08.006
#veterinary #VeterinaryMedicine #virology

#Scientists get a glimpse of how new #pandemics are made ...

| #virus | #outbreaks | #COVID | #viruses | By @carlzimmer.com via @nytimes.com

Recent Pandemic Viruses Jumped to Humans Without Prior Adaptation, UC San Diego Study Finds There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after…

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these #viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after sustained transmission began in people. @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
#pandemic #SARSCoV

Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA First ancient HHV-6 genomes reveal 2500 years of phylogenetic continuity and provide insights into the endogenization of HHV-6A.

It's #MetagenomicsMonday again! 🧬🧬🧬Ancient #HHV-6 #genomes revealed that modern HHV-6 diversity was already established centuries ago and that germline integrations stem from ancient founder events.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SPAAM #aDNA #sixthdisease #roseola #pathogens #viruses #evolution

Thinking about the old days of computer #viruses , and how different things are now.

Imagine if there were App Exchange Nights, where everyone got together and sent their favorite apps to each other's phones. :) So many viruses, there would be!

Uncovered: 22 Genes That Could Increase Risk of Health Conditions Following Viral Infection | Texas Children's Updates

“By uncovering the #gene - #virus connection, this study sets the stage for a new wave of #scientific discovery that prioritizes risk management & early intervention & accounts for the imprint that #viruses we meet..leave within us.”: buff.ly/FypXSC6

via Texaschildrens

Universal Vaccine Blocks Viruses, Bacteria, And Allergies With a Nasal Spray As vital as vaccines are, they can be frustratingly selective about their targets.

www.sciencealert.com/universal-va...

#health #vaccine #viruses

Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes - Nature Communications Groundwater viruses are less well studied. Here, using large-scale sequencing, the authors uncover extensive, largely uncharacterized viral diversity in groundwater, showing that viruses infect domina...

New paper from @adjiep.bsky.social on viral impacts in groundwater at Nature Comms. Congratulations Adjie and team!

Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#viruses #viromics #groundwater

Two #PestSurveyCard are now available on nematodes of the Xiphinema americanum group:
➡️ link.europa.eu/jQk6pY
➡️ link.europa.eu/DYQBTB

These pests can transmit #viruses that are also regulated, see: bsky.app/profile/efsa...

@son-nemaweb.bsky.social
@eurl-ppns.bsky.social
@agricoedu.bsky.social

Q&A: How can microbiome science solve problems in agriculture? Decades of research has shown promise for using microbiome science to solve several problems facing agriculture, but these findings have not yet been translated to practical recommendations for…

How can #microbiome science solve problems in #agriculture? ...

| #microbes | #bacteria | #farms | #archaea | #viruses | #fungi | Via @sciencex.bsky.social

Ahh, speaking of #VZV (varicella-zoster virus)+influenza viruses, we "must" keep in mind that these are "biological weapons" that have been actively cultivated by humans in #P4 laboratories for millions of years (or perhaps not?):
1) The entire order of #viruses to which #influenza belongs probably

Surveys of viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas of fruit crops Updated 30 January 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: phytoplasmas, viruses, viroids (AFCVD0, APLPV0, APNMV0, BLMOV0, CRLV00, CRMAV0, CRV000, CTLAV0, GINV00, GRBAV0, GVCV00, PCMV00, PHYP07, PHYP64, PHYPAU, P...

📢New EFSA Pest Survey Cards: Surveillance of regulated #viruses, #viroids and #phytoplasmas of Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Ribes, Rubus and Vitis in the EU

Here is the guide for using these pest survey cards🍎🍏:
link.europa.eu/TTpgVh

#PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork

#Development and Characterization of Candidate #Vaccine #Viruses against High Pathogenicity Avian #Influenza #H5 Viruses for Rapid #Pandemic Response

#Development and Characterization of Candidate #Vaccine #Viruses against High Pathogenicity Avian #Influenza #H5 Viruses for Rapid #Pandemic Response, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/02/deve...

WHO’s Dr. Tedros: ‘Viruses Get the Advantage When We Are Divided’ The WHO director-general reflects on the fight against Covid, rebuts vaccine skeptics and shares what worries him the most today.

#giftarticle and good read. #viruses #WHO
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Twist-ONT: Combining nanopore sequencing with the twist comprehensive viral research panel - PubMed The Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel (Twist CVRP) is a probe-based hybridization capture enrichment method for whole-genome sequencing, designed to target all known pathogenic viruses. Unlike shotgun metagenomics, where human DNA dominates, this method enriches for viral sequences within sam …

My latest scientific article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41529381/ 🧪 #Science #Research #Viruses #Biology #Sequencing