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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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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
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Colombia reports more than 123 000 dengue cases in 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7c8fa348-63a0-4d5e-a12a-2d55ba24053b&eventid=3c34ec53-4aa8-4efa-9862-20f66310437a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
dengue situation in Colombia
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Update on HPAI (H5N1) in Colombia: Seven backyard farm outbreaks detected in the departments of Sucre (six outbreaks) and Magdalena (one outbreak), linked to contact with migratory birds.
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5f9a80ea-7d1c-4dfc-835c-84bb87974b3e&utm_source=bluesky
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Hantavirus in Argentina: epidemiological update through week 52 of 2025: elevated mortality and geographic expansion
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a41e393d-6b4a-41e5-ac0e-29458fad289e&eventid=67590285-d2f3-4421-891e-f033ee9fd746&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Cluster of acute jaundice cases at a residential school in Khurda district, Odisha, India. RFI on diagnostic confirmation and environmental investigation findings
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2c2c7b38-4624-41a8-b1da-1a875350e99a&utm_source=bluesky
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Dengue cases in Viet Nam increase by 33% in 2025 compared with 2024, with Southern Viet Nam accounting for the majority of the disease burden and sustained transmission beyond the typical seasonal peak
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7f91f6de-e710-4880-bcb0-f1ca317ebbff&utm_source=bluesky
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Update on African swine fever in Spain: 18 new wild boars confirmed positive. Possible novel variant under investigation
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c3901361-376a-48a4-a488-b50ae57eac7c&eventid=bfc25d17-d0b5-483e-aa54-fa9fc984c3ee&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
MAPA
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Newcastle disease outbreaks in broiler farms, in Llutxent, Valencia. Result in loss of Spain’s disease-free status
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=eeb718c4-7e79-4a39-9b8c-e4beab89bde5&eventid=ed76ff8a-67c9-47bb-93b3-ec55a0de7668&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
https://www.mapa.gob.es/dam/mapa/contenido/ganaderia/temas/sanidad-animal-e-higiene-ganadera/sanidad-animal/noticias-sanidad-animal/documentos-de-noticias/nota-foco-newcastle-2-enero-2026-valencia-rev.pdf
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Classical swine fever was reported on a backyard pig farm in Porto, Piauí State, within Brazil's endemic non-free zone
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fafd32d5-9d30-4421-8084-7c554ae363ab&eventid=ed93878b-f455-46c7-8ab1-49f48da6948b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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January 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Influenza A(H3N2) epidemic in French Polynesia escalates with ICU admissions and three deaths in December 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5812b664-55d3-41cf-ac2d-1f7ba4a8ff08&eventid=7886bbde-49db-4e6f-87ba-a59f93def81c&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Wallis and Futuna: Influenza A epidemic with 714 cases and first death during holiday season

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=45128f03-a3bb-4de4-b099-0595eb5fe996&eventid=f5ed2c2b-339c-43f3-b9a5-b65d7f7b62a0&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Update on the influenza epidemic in Wallis and Futuna
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Legionnaires’ disease cluster detected in Sydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia, possibly linked to cooling tower exposure
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=19821826-0271-4070-9447-7c3cda93b80d&eventid=78ef9fa9-8716-4bf8-928b-9d8e425caede&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Gandhinagar, India: 113 suspected typhoid cases linked to municipal water contamination. RFI on diagnostic information
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=45b32f7c-a0ea-4a8c-9c68-514257b0cf9b&eventid=c5aaf0b3-f292-45e6-94d6-b425e9dddf72&utm_source=bluesky
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM