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Rift Valley fever in West Africa: Livestock situation report for Mauritania, Senegal, and The Gambia as of 13 Nov 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7557b3b0-5531-406e-b612-536af3cd23df&eventid=afb66242-3f2b-4f9c-9bc4-56bba915b9fe&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Senegal Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock: Situation Report on the Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Response in Senegal – 07 Nov 2025
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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South Africa confirmed its first FMD outbreak in the Western Cape on a cattle farm near Gouda.

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=42dfbce5-7a78-42f6-9408-689618d0f3c1&eventid=c382b4aa-0134-4b3d-932a-02753e1caa8e&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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An update on infant botulism cases in the USA related to baby formula as outbreak extends to 15 children in 12 states
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=259a1d4a-7bb3-48fd-baf8-cf421569b332&eventid=e2f60af9-d476-4609-921c-2349b601aabf&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Two listeriosis outbreaks affecting 18 in Denmark, source unknown for one and fish cakes implicated in other
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1b11b4d3-bc7b-48ed-89c3-38cc703895c7&eventid=1da09542-0d3d-4217-bc62-8416ca609179&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Eight suspected hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Jinka, South Ethiopia. RFI on diagnostic testing results, symptoms and common exposures
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=38409f21-ab01-41d3-b989-00e54ce199ba&utm_source=bluesky
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Germany reports wild poliovirus (WPV1) detection in wastewater – First European detection since 2010

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ef574af5-5577-4c44-b588-28d59c028ecb&eventid=3f8b5517-846c-43f3-81d9-017d96b94d17&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Cholera cases continue to rise in Haiti with cross-border public health risks for the Dominican Republic
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=57c9a255-7b13-466f-b0bf-bb6d3444b677&eventid=4608b346-c917-4783-9f7d-e6e9af15cb65&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Spain implements poultry confinement across multiple regions amid HPAI (H5N1) outbreak, November 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a7edf4f9-9fed-4d41-a5f9-8c4749d7ce2b&eventid=43472d88-9564-449d-8b8c-8c5cb55ebf57&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Japan: Second HPAI (H5) outbreak confirmed in Niigata Prefecture as virus spread continues

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7bc97d35-9906-45bd-8e36-01f108581297&eventid=0b186d94-8ca7-4689-9d87-6ed4baf5177b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Australia reports multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts in humans

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=88267b62-7032-4ed2-ad18-d3790f80418e&eventid=b1edde9a-d594-4d78-8906-52852ef95dc9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Alfalfa sprouts recalled
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Cluster of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (with OXA-24 gene) cases reported in ICU patients and a private clinic in Cusco, Peru
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=215d10d2-da8b-40cc-8dea-bf1d7c293ca7&eventid=aceef6c5-23fd-4da3-9a95-dc85be8c0a0f&utm_source=bluesky
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Request for Information (RFI): A cluster of gastroenteritis type cases in Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Catamarca, Argentina, possibly linked to water quality and algal blooms
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1546815d-b24a-4127-a204-e0b032ae1fff&utm_source=bluesky
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Rabies in Viet Nam: Rising human and animal cases, response, and control challenges

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=70540909-e6f4-4155-bcd1-4198f405d17d&eventid=45119243-b346-455d-86c0-3fc1e6eade6b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Western Australia sees largest measles outbreak in 28 years with 54 confirmed cases linked to international travel
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1e2ba3b5-5c2b-4b61-881b-d0bc8a865ce6&eventid=15030543-e71a-4066-ab93-5bdda716c18f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Canada (and as a result, the Americas Region) lose measles elimination status per WHO

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=43a2ed17-e19a-4c27-90f1-e95cf96b823f&eventid=605f6ae6-8472-4da2-ac7c-58926a6f4d07&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Over 126 000 Malaria Cases Reported in Myannmar between January–August 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=731c842a-f8ee-4b38-a073-de6bf3e86472&eventid=e9a274f1-66b1-4b84-b401-59a8d73b5f5d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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South Korea reports five year high in Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) cases with 223 patients this year
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=19b12c76-3354-4711-85a6-63f8fc198412&eventid=c27f4a8a-df1c-4d86-967d-3afc54d84093&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Japan continues to experience influenza season with earlier onset and rapid escalation, leading widespread school closures in 2025–2026
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=53bad8a8-03bf-4a75-9b2d-0573c255c23a&eventid=5fc51add-546e-460a-9e51-42e9fa5b4e44&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Salmonella outbreak linked to bánh mì bakery chain hospitalizes over one hundred sixty people in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a4311738-1f5f-4bf3-a076-5a3950539b16&eventid=a548286d-06a2-4622-9d42-6959905d9c34&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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U.S. multistate infant botulism cases with suspected link to ByHeart infant formula; 13 hospitalizations under investigation
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=de74964d-adc2-4d15-ba5b-d6ef2b24336f&eventid=e2f60af9-d476-4609-921c-2349b601aabf&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
ByHeart infant formula
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Sudan records highest number of suspected cholera cases and deaths in Africa amid conflict-driven health system collapse
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2061bb98-725d-49d7-97db-e40c9a6caf3e&eventid=88a0fb6d-45c5-4422-af96-e09c24fd25c5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Eleven cases of Campylobacter infection in Illinois, USA, likely linked to consumption of raw milk from a common source
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=275d8539-f166-42b9-9b3a-b409bd19221f&eventid=4ca07264-1ffc-435b-84a3-df9df798467c&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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West Virginia, USA: increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases statewide, highest since 2010

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fa435c95-bb1b-41e4-9932-cbacda788faa&eventid=3c76f11b-6228-45ee-b634-92bf6aab599e&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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First confirmed human hantavirus case in Lyon County, Nevada, USA; third statewide in 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c7cd9265-384b-4268-af71-b9cc2ab92319&eventid=c269e51f-b644-4d5b-b24e-199a0247589f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Rift Valley fever outbreak in Senegal: Update on case numbers in livestock in Saint-Louis, Louga, Fatick, Kaffrine, Thiès, Matam, Dakar, Tambacounda as of 06 Nov 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=91ee09ef-c783-4b56-abb6-094da19d40e1&utm_source=bluesky
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM