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ESWI activities

ESWI Airborne: Intervention Strategies of Acute Respiratory Virus Infections
The series will delve into flu shots, RSV vaccines, COVID-19 boosters, and other kids on the block - what’s new and what’s in the pipeline
Webinar: H5N1
4 June 2024
Online webinar
10th ESWI Influenza Conference 2025
20 - 23 October 2025
Valencia, Spain
The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) will organise the 10th edition of its ESWI Influenza Conference in Valencia from 20 - 23 October 2025.
ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
Listen to the new ESWI podcast series featuring Early Career Scientist and explore the joys and sorrows of establishing a scientific career.

Agenda

2025
2-3
December
European Health Summit 2025
Brussels, Belgium
Under the theme “NextGen Simplified: Rethinking Health for Tomorrow”, the 2025 edition of EHS will serve as a premier platform to drive forward Europe’s health agenda through a high-level dialogue.
2026
17-20
February
RSVVW’26
Rome, Italy
ReSViNET is the first official RSV foundation and aims to provide a platform for global collaborations to raise awareness about RSV infection.
2026
1-5
June
ESPID 2026
Bologna, Italy & Online
44th European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting
2026
4-7
September
9th World One Health Congress
Lisbon, Portugal
The global One Health Community organizes the 9th World One Health Congress in Lisbon, bringing together a global community of experts dedicated to advancing One Health science and policy.
2026
16-19
September
ESCV 2026
Porto, Portugal
28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology

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International acute respiratory virus experts gather for the 10th ESWI Conference in Valencia despite global pressures on health systems
Close to 700 leading scientists, public health experts, policymakers and industry representatives gathered for four days to discuss the latest advances in influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and hMPV.
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H5N1 influenza virus stability and transmission risk in raw milk and cheese
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses have recently spread to dairy cattle, with high levels of virus detected in milk from affected animals, raising concern about the risk posed by unpasteurized dairy products consumed by humans.
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Detected in 41 Species at Risk in Canada
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5Nx virus clade 2.3.4.4b has impacted wild birds and mammals in Canada since late 2021.

ESWI networks & communities

Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration

on Respiratory Infections and Non-communicable diseases

The Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections and Non-communicable diseases (IDC) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, patient -and other stakeholder organisations to achieve a better understanding of the bidirectional relationship and causal links between acute respiratory infections and non-communicable diseases.

Early Career Scientists Network

Some of the best and most innovative ideas come from early career scientists, they are the future of the influenza field. For this reason, ESWI has been actively encouraging the careers of early career scientists for many years.