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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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HPAI (H5N1) expands to new provinces in South Korea: 42 poultry outbreaks and 45 wild bird detections in 2025/2026 winter season
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1eeee1e0-5162-40a8-8c5f-f94d7bb4494b&eventid=b6ec1bdc-5c31-463f-82ba-e9ffa88cb1ed&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Seasonal wild mushroom (amatoxin) poisonings in California, USA, increase to 40 cases with four deaths and three patients requiring liver transplants
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=136adbb3-cb9a-48ee-9063-7d5afea915a3&eventid=80eee0f9-9bfa-4642-abb4-992d0480f5f1&utm_source=bluesky
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Accelerating African swine fever transmission in South Korea: linked farm outbreaks across Gyeonggi and South Jeolla ahead of the Lunar New Year
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ea919729-0e3c-4113-a1d0-a1c446973907&eventid=7f990eca-f094-460c-bd5a-cc3a231d5325&utm_source=bluesky
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Illegal disposal of HPAI (H5N1) infected geese triggers mass culling and biosecurity crackdown in Yunlin County, Taiwan
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=eab7253d-640a-4b2c-903b-d0ed501abf42&eventid=2d913fe7-dff3-4991-b19e-4b0ad0d66161&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Food poisoning incident in Msintsi, Eastern Cape, South Africa, involving seven paediatric cases and two deaths. RFI on diagnostic test results
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=4b9cee67-9d24-4b80-a940-b0e027cfaeb3&utm_source=bluesky
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Outside systems, such as CEID's @beaconbio.bsky.social program as well as regional consortiums between state public health departments are working to fill this void of information.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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African swine fever in Spain remains confined to high-risk zones, with 26 outbreaks and 142 confirmed cases as of 06 Feb 2026
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e20fb3a3-e25f-4a1d-abeb-566a7f593a25&eventid=bfc25d17-d0b5-483e-aa54-fa9fc984c3ee&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
MAPA Spain
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Ongoing dengue transmission in Samoa with 16 842 cases and eight deaths reported since April 2025 outbreak declaration
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=497d0cf5-70b8-465c-acc1-df69a08c31a2&eventid=dfad95fd-d4df-42ba-be95-28b3c048279b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Current Communicable Disease Status and Public Health Advisory
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Request for information: Suspected foodborne illness affecting 92 students at a residential hostel in Andhra Pradesh, India; RFI on laboratory findings
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=222f8150-7d92-464b-a5b4-befffbd18ea4&eventid=365a431a-d0b0-4b79-9180-85dc346c36ea&utm_source=bluesky
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Singapore recalls two Thailand-manufactured Dumex infant formula batches after cereulide detection, with three mild infant cases reported
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2a9e4b6a-df30-4808-aabd-0f7c1877f0a4&eventid=cb2e8562-92b9-4cab-838a-5e3b7177ee78&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Kala Azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) surge in Kenya affected 3577 in 2025 across 12 endemic counties

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e209ec93-a4c1-40a4-bc8d-4e16972d85c5&eventid=c452da16-45ee-4d84-89d2-7d30a60243af&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Burkholderia stabilis outbreak linked to non sterile alcohol-free wipes in the United Kingdom increases to 59 cases and one death
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a357691b-36b1-437a-a101-d19fe0d004e0&eventid=74ae7e3c-8ed0-41e1-9e50-f08128ff224b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Global infant formula recall linked to cereulide contamination with reports of infant gastrointestinal illness in Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Brazil
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=453f75c8-1a14-4a0b-a261-8b55e23909c0&utm_source=bluesky
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Elevated blood lead levels detected in over 100 residents in Vareš, a mining town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including among children and town-center residents
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ce50eb40-794e-4917-a4ca-0bfb2b5e5abf&utm_source=bluesky
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak in Ada County, Idaho, USA, with nine cases including two children with HUS, epidemiologically linked to raw milk consumption
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f6195945-f9a9-4f95-89c8-66433b4ab7ff&utm_source=bluesky
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Foot and mouth disease detected in Kouga municipality Eastern Cape Province amid ongoing nationwide transmission in South Africa
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=13496113-84da-44e5-b995-0b899e61a111&eventid=c382b4aa-0134-4b3d-932a-02753e1caa8e&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Statewide surveillance initiated following mass crow mortality due to HPAI (H5N1) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=157ab2d8-addc-4c58-aaa5-83b36b1715b3&eventid=700845cb-47ba-40fa-b0d3-5fd6e26fd8a1&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026, Italy: One player from Switzerland's women's Olympic ice hockey team tested positive for norovirus
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=57f9d3ac-e102-4caa-8d22-fdd830f647f0&eventid=4c2272dc-4d87-475e-adf7-2efff54933c3&utm_source=bluesky
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Fatal Nipah virus case linked to raw date palm sap consumption reported in Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division,...
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=98b0d109-8708-4dd9-815e-aad9e40816b0&eventid=09f87614-a263-41e7-9c23-3cf9c77fd52d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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First documented human psittacosis (parrot fever) case in Thailand

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=30bd0f3b-a7ca-4e52-9410-7fec1426c9ce&eventid=5aad29c7-9122-4a78-bd82-9913d869fc77&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Lassa fever in Plateau State, Nigeria: 11 confirmed cases and four deaths reported since December 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=58197641-afc2-4f1c-b47a-facabf42d80b&eventid=49924204-5756-43b7-b30a-65e3354be0da&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Family cluster of psittacosis associated with pet parrot deaths in Anhui province, China

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=124b807a-4576-4dd0-bac3-2c494667847f&eventid=448b151c-b7ea-46a2-8b5b-bd767f5d344a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Listeriosis outbreak in Norway, linked to traditional meat products, with six hospitalizations

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7502503d-832e-4a0c-aed1-95f2e5d87979&eventid=6a46d56e-8b3a-44c1-9064-c0c9fd9cddcd&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Measles cases in Kazakhstan in 2026 reach 2000 across multiple regions, driven by low vacination rate
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9e3fe286-6038-4fc8-9563-0b2391ddeea2&eventid=3fba66e4-c641-4614-aeed-8dca11b11786&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
February 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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The Milano Cortina Olympics officially start today! While the Olympics are a time for celebration, as with all large-scale gatherings, the risk of communicable disease grows. This is why we're expanding our coverage of mass global events, starting with the these games.
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mountains in Milano Cortina, Italy
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM