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Biothreats Emergence, Analytics & Communications Network (BEACON): open source surveillance program based at @buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @bostonu.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social & @bostonchildrens.bsky.social Healthmap
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Confirmed human crimean–congo haemorrhagic fever case in Gandhinagar District, Gujarat, India

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d0fb3dc3-17b4-41be-ab29-2ac670f2c5e9&eventid=c5a6cf94-2aba-4cc4-8f26-cdb23bfc1fe5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Update on the waterborne typhoid cluster in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India: ongoing transmission linked to municipal water contamination
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6f6780bd-1449-4448-9f41-809d55c77170&eventid=c5aaf0b3-f292-45e6-94d6-b425e9dddf72&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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African swine fever, criminal network processed 120 tons of infected pork into canned goods in Hai Phong, Viet Nam
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=78478fc9-79ba-4dd3-ad9a-a3b1b7308350&eventid=899e0630-d6ea-471c-8947-954d0bd9486d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Update on the situation of lumpy skin disease in Europe: relief in Sardinia (Italy), new outbreaks and vaccination efforts in Spain and France
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c68296fb-9bfb-4578-9c1f-fb307b56ac29&eventid=c1ac3d95-d96a-4a0b-ae1a-0a7e5a15f6a4&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/dermatite-bovina-sconfitta-si-del-ministero-alla-movimentazione-dei-capi-dalla-sardegna-r65obmbx
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Influenza epidemic in France peaks with severe impact on older adults

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fd2aa951-4bcb-4705-a939-84e5979077b2&eventid=e28dc088-c4b5-40df-bfef-3c555d08bdac&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Imported Mpox case detected in Mayotte as cases increase in Madagascar

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=559818cc-b2b6-4214-935c-1e866c28433e&eventid=da483ceb-ac55-4211-b646-5f8a496885a9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Off-season surge of influenza A H3N2 subclade K in Australia

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=abc82612-f632-4d7c-a989-4e6e80890564&eventid=dadad279-1779-43f1-9695-817afb48eedb&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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FMD SAT1 outbreak in Northern Cyprus: regional risk and trade implications

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7d58fcce-6753-4447-b7c8-49ae2a35e9b5&eventid=c0c13303-811d-463e-bff7-e8dac1dc5417&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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To view all global BEACON reports on Rift Valley Fever (or any disease) since our launch, simply use the disease filter at the top of our homepage: beaconbio.org/en/?diseases...
buceid.bsky.social Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 20h
Rift Valley Fever is a true One Health threat, affecting humans, livestock, & wildlife. Join CEID & @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social's VISTA program on Jan. 20th for a webinar with experts from the US & Senegal discussing the current outbreak in West Africa.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Panama records 706 Oropouche virus disease cases in 2025, a 41-fold increase from 2024

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a85dc66c-c5c8-422d-a469-0a9153f5e0ce&eventid=1a8dd6dd-3beb-466e-9a26-319f5c705c6a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Four deaths associated with suspected Lassa fever were reported in Awe Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, N...
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fbae6bbf-b933-4e48-b80a-f6588bfcaa98&eventid=49924204-5756-43b7-b30a-65e3354be0da&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Israel reports a 13th measles-related death in a previously healthy infant, underscoring elevated infant mortality in the ongoing outbreak
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d284bae1-fd6f-4eb7-acbc-e752fa9d1bc8&eventid=92529282-5fac-4d13-a9fc-5233faf23a4f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Widespread HPAI activity in Europe associated with emergence of a novel sub-lineage, EA-2024-DI.21

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=72801e2d-a674-4290-9afd-c3e2eb26e42e&eventid=f9a30c0f-58a6-4695-87fa-4a2402a22ef5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
ESA Platform
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Taiwan: Hepatitis A cases reach nine-year high with 477 cases, predominantly in young, male adults

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f9d5b389-ca07-4dab-ac61-a393da20f12a&eventid=24bf66d5-6ac8-4088-9717-8998050f1a71&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Confirmed locally-acquired heaptitis A cases in Taiwan, 2025 (n=447)
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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More than five million malaria cases and 644 malaria deaths reported in Burundi in 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c3a8bb07-3943-46dd-afc1-5a35d37d8da6&eventid=39511094-c200-4f13-a94e-d92ebfb4a9cb&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Rapidly rising cholera cases in Mozambique, with 1200 cases reported in the last month

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=4670a9a0-602f-4480-97f3-a6c98a6c1845&eventid=964802b2-fb77-473e-9c28-6dfa49047c65&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Bangladesh reports off-season Nipah virus transmission and geographic expansion with 100% fatality in recent cases
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=602713d4-7d49-40e3-afe5-de9f7a69d6c6&eventid=09f87614-a263-41e7-9c23-3cf9c77fd52d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Israel reports first imported case of mpox clade 1b amid ongoing vaccine supply constraints

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1160bc2d-5d2e-4324-8a8b-3ca6df620b79&eventid=fc954e5d-6cc9-45a7-95ab-df597fec41e9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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First HPAI (H5N1) outbreak of the 2025–2026 season confirmed at a duck farm in Sde Yaakov, Hazafon Division, Northern Israel
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=4b4d469e-7034-482b-838a-3a730e381056&eventid=3f51e6bb-8ca7-4350-8ea4-19af72dabb14&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Request for information (RFI): Australia (Western Australia, Queensland): Increase in magpie paralysis syndrome of unknown etiology
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=70b93941-5c6b-40c2-8ba0-f72c01659dff&eventid=3c43199d-2175-4fbc-bd01-c0ea69ee9eba&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Unprecedented wildlife loss worldwide: WOAH highlights the global impact of HPAI H5

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b65d7f72-6a64-4a98-8d5b-7f4ac20eafa2&eventid=63a4b372-386e-44ef-b0ca-bf6ef380539a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Bangladesh: Bat-borne pteropine orthoreovirus – first human cases of severe encephalitis, respiratory illness, and deaths, with contaminated palm sap as the suspected source
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2cab6ef6-b816-403a-9b09-1ce3a0681df4&utm_source=bluesky
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Follow-up on case numbers and causative organisms in the large waterborne diarrheal disease event in Indore, India, which was declared an epidemic in January 2026 with more than 3000 reported cases
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f6aad893-d0c9-4116-846b-a91a30b6fb7b&utm_source=bluesky
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Ethiopia reports no new Marburg virus disease cases for 21 days

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=202fcfea-010f-4a63-a119-4f561c621a9e&eventid=e21d20a7-b307-412e-94ca-a96069cf14d8&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Marburg virus disease situational report 04 January 2026
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Madagascar: Mpox cases increase to 76 suspected and six confirmed with expansion beyond initial Mahajanga cluster
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b6015d1f-b23a-475b-8f83-349e6b7323c5&eventid=9ed0b3c0-e94d-4304-9d0b-767bc6fb9549&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM