Antarctica, Avian virus in penguins sought by Italian mission

In autumn 2023, the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) initiated an expedition to the South Pole with the objective of verifying the presence...

COVID-19 nasal vaccine enters US trials

A nasal vaccine to prevent the effects of the virus that causes the disease known as COVID-19 is to enter a preliminary clinical trial...

Avian flu strain H5N9 in Californian duck farm

The first case of the highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza strain has been identified on a duck farm in Merced County, California, as confirmed...

Cases of pertussis reported in Samoa and Micronesia

As of 26 January 2025, the Samoan Ministry of Health had reported a total of 384 cases of pertussis (24 confirmed and 360 suspected)...

Increase in dengue cases in Fiji and French Polynesia

On 3 February 2025, the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services declared a dengue fever outbreak in the Western Division of the nation,...

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