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Request for information (RFI): 107 imported malaria cases detected in El Salvador among workers returning from ...
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=561cbeb8-d2b7-409d-bf93-9df4f48df248&eventid=478edc04-f93e-475e-9c60-e3a6f5735954&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Genomic characterization of Chikungunya virus during the 2025 outbreak in Foshan, China, suggestive of recent introduction and highly efficient transmission
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=95135748-96dc-4830-bfa9-fc5eabbd6388&eventid=d32ccdba-df8d-42ad-baf9-c2aa7644cc24&utm_source=bluesky
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16th Ebola virus disease outbreak declared over

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9595b080-cac5-4721-a00e-4c60ab9f66b7&eventid=bc2748bc-fa2f-4aad-894b-919de2e1052f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Dominican Republic: three chikungunya cases detected in travelers from Cuba; no local transmission identified
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ccccd035-a4fd-4e63-b5b3-7602ab7ad676&eventid=9808267e-6343-4907-bf6f-3e098e2d3b09&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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GeoSentinel Report – major chikungunya outbreak in Cuba

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=3562c626-8acf-431c-975f-016090044e25&eventid=6107038b-5f42-4a39-ae59-95619ca03b9d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Cholistan camel outbreak, Punjab, Pakistan: Hemorrhagic septicemia confirmed; swift vaccination drive ensures low mortality and full recovery in treated animals
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6189c8a9-d028-4931-bd79-2cbf6c418436&utm_source=bluesky
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Measles outbreak in Subcarpathia, Poland associated with 18 cases with high hospitalization rate

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=3fc7e177-9bd1-4b20-9ffd-c443b7cc3e7c&eventid=5c11ae45-bb0b-4b03-a0bd-2a7c92a91e2c&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Napak District in Uganda battles a measles outbreak with 74 cases and 11 deaths in children in pastoralist communities
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f448c288-eb12-444f-b122-cce767e0ec1f&eventid=61864a71-7d80-4ab5-a059-c41da17578c2&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Two separate suspected food poisoning clusters hospitalize 79 individuals at a factory and and a school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c1ba42a3-8ab9-415d-abb9-966185a92a53&eventid=c7086ce2-01fb-4106-bf08-9b270dfb1cc3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Estonia reports first locally transmitted case of measles in 2025, with a total of six cases reported this year
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=3ba64f89-2977-4e36-b3be-5fc7d83bd73b&eventid=77f91665-f748-404c-a2fd-8ce3e11acf2a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia: Multi-country hepatitis A outbreak exceeds 6000 cases with 39 fatalities
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a0f96983-2b50-4eec-845d-95f0d879409e&eventid=95d91a78-ea1c-47fe-8263-17b8b75be875&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Europe reports unprecedented HPAI activity in wild birds throughout the 2025 autumn migratory season

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9aa11212-773b-4a47-8a88-e9dd57eb73aa&eventid=f9a30c0f-58a6-4695-87fa-4a2402a22ef5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Confirmed – Heard Island, Australia: First detection of HPAI (H5N1) in an Australian territory, affecting elephant seals in the Sub-Antarctic region
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=cf702e56-169c-489b-8494-55b1e6a4a615&eventid=f6d781b3-1dd5-4cbf-962b-806b84739efa&utm_source=bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Spain confirms first African swine fever detection since 1994 after two infected wild boar found in Catalonia
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d8fb33f9-d1c2-43fa-b994-dbe51ccfa4fe&eventid=bfc25d17-d0b5-483e-aa54-fa9fc984c3ee&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-1--foco-ppa-jabalies-silvestres-cataluna--28-11-25-.pdf
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Brazil approves world's first and nationally produced single-dose Dengue vaccine with 75% overall efficacy against symptomatic disease
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=bf4ee49e-c00c-47ad-8793-cc3fb3ddb38b&eventid=4a4130b0-6a6c-4f10-9859-e2297a985d27&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Emergence of peste des petits ruminants in Viet Nam: First-ever outbreaks detected in Đồng Nai and Lâm Đồng Provinces raise concerns over potential undetected spread
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e307e4a2-d8ad-42e0-868b-04f1c8c4b754&utm_source=bluesky
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Second human influenza A(H1N2)v case of 2025 reported in the US (Vermont); unknown exposure source

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9bdd71c2-697f-4a88-ade6-ab64811e4b95&eventid=acc88852-9f37-4dfb-bbc5-b84b70e1a1a9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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WHO Disease Outbreak News: Resurgence of diphtheria in African Region with 20 412 suspected diphtheria cases including 1252 deaths from Jan to Nov 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0f53a9d5-4aaa-42b6-b8d4-2dd9c52db11f&eventid=0607f7b9-6cd7-464d-9772-6f5762be71a2&utm_source=bluesky
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Infant botulism outbreak related to baby formula extends to at least 37 cases in 17 states in the United States
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=76b13c70-5563-47c2-9294-c92a035c2361&eventid=e2f60af9-d476-4609-921c-2349b601aabf&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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HPAI (H5N1) detected in whooper wwans in Arhangay Province, Mongolia

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7ec79a75-4aeb-457e-b72e-427297849e37&eventid=ac682813-4fc5-42c4-934d-37be15f059c4&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Multi-country: Sustained global cholera outbreaks with 565 404 cases across 32 countries, with 34% decrease in October compared to September 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=30b4d263-4e38-4d5b-858c-8e45f720dc29&eventid=153ee4dd-44b8-4c45-b06b-f13f8723908b&utm_source=bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Healthcare-associated Ralstonia mannitolilytica cases across nine hospitals in Costa Rica grows to 16 Cases including vulnerable neonates
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d32dffdc-687a-4ebf-9446-a9f9375968d3&eventid=a4e88044-cd30-421a-8e4a-cf92b06ba7c3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Kavango East, Namibia: cVDPV2 environmental detection linked to Angola

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0314b94e-585b-4e24-87d4-2b3a5c89b8cc&eventid=867f35a6-82c6-45f1-91b1-aae7cc184303&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia spreads from Jinka to Hawassa – seven deaths among 12 confirmed cases
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9fc14441-3103-4958-8d6c-8478e346335b&eventid=e21d20a7-b307-412e-94ca-a96069cf14d8&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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First confirmed fatal mpox case in Koulikoro region prompts national surveillance enhancement in Mali
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e64a1171-7619-4838-b238-99c9f200d9bb&eventid=a33ca5e9-6c15-4563-aecb-7a066a0cfb4a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM