Michael Coston

For more than 20 years September has been designated here in the U.S., and while we cover emergency preparedness issues year-round ( ), over the next 30 days I'll be uploading a number of new, or updated , preparedness blogs.

While case reports remain widely scattered, and there are no signs of human-to-human spread , Mainland China's summer uptick of H9N2 continues, with 2 more cases reported over the past 2 weeks.

One of the great - yet unanswered - questions about acute viral illnesses is what role ( if any ) do they play in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, perhaps years or even decades later?

'Large-scale, rapid public health action is needed to control the current outbreak, already the largest known BVD outbreak, from becoming one of the largest Ebola epidemics in history.'

A week ago, in Japan MHLW Reports Unusually Early Start to the Fall Flu Season , we saw Japan's earliest start to their flu season since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

This month, as part of NPM26, I'll be rerunning some updated preparedness essays, along with some new ones.

Note: This is the 5th day of National Preparedness Month . Follow this year's campaign on Twitter by searching for the #NatlPrep #BeReady or #PrepMonth hashtags.

Last week, after a summer of low COVID activity reported in the United States, we looked at Low But Increasing COVID reports across the nation.

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Nearly 14 years ago, in E gypt: A Paltry Poultry Vaccine , we looked at an analysis by the researchers from the Virology department at St.