Virologist always in awe at the beauty and mistery of nature.https://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3lpytzq37es2lBooked @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?25 May 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpytzq37es2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3lnrrol4fuc2iThanks 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: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf19727 Apr 2025 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnrrol4fuc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3leeg5lh2u22pA must read that illustrates the importance of free and independent press. And an amazing story.28 Dec 2024 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3leeg5lh2u22phttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3ld7gscnuec27A letter to the Editor of the Equine Veterinary Journal about the implications of H5N1 influenza exposure in https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evj.1443913 Dec 2024 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7gscnuec27https://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3ld7gbgecqc2wOur research featured in Neewsweek https://www.newsweek.com/birdflu-horses-pandemic-h5n1-200042513 Dec 2024 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7gbgecqc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3ld3x6hkn2s2fOur research featured today in Sky News https://youtube.com/watch?v=lC3Ne9XBi5E12 Dec 2024 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3x6hkn2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/prmurcia.bsky.social/post/3lcsakfr4d224Horses 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. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/1/24-1266_article08 Dec 2024 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:ul57dixa7d7bsui2xt2lhvmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcsakfr4d224