The likelihood of extinction necessitates a rapid response in terms of reassessing the composition of influenza vaccines, enhanced surveillance for B/Yamagata, and a possible change in the biosafety level when handling B/Yamagata viruses in laboratories.
Okama crater on Mount Zao on the border of Miyagi and Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The crater was formed by an eruption in the 1720s, filling with water to form the lake inside it. It's 325 meters wide in diameter with a maximum depth of 27.6 meters.
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, which always has an exceptional line-up, announced its competition selection and, as expected, it looks great! Including Payal Kapadia's "A Night of Knowing Nothing" (2021) and new films by Zhang Mengqi and Trinh T. Minh-ha.