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Senegal: Rift Valley fever worst outbreak in decades with 505 human cases, 31 deaths, and 405 animal cases across 12 regions
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2c1b6562-eaeb-4707-9e76-1eefa8a998d3&eventid=af4e981f-8dec-4cef-899f-06995b647b0a&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 No 41, 17 Nov 2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Maine CDC investigates a cluster of 7 shigellosis cases, bringing annual total to 22, twice the yearly median in recent years, with many infected persons reporting male-to-male sexual contact
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7498841f-a99a-42ea-8fd0-9185c2b62432&utm_source=bluesky
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Israel reports 10th and 11th death (both in children) from measles amidst ongoing outbreak

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=3c58e033-8e06-4e42-afd7-464628b76979&eventid=92529282-5fac-4d13-a9fc-5233faf23a4f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) cases linked to Arizona State Fair petting zoo with 8 children hospitalized in Phoenix and Mesa
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=75e30fac-03d9-4936-9df2-cda4ec3ef02b&utm_source=bluesky
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak grows to 10 confirmed cases with at least 8 deaths (5 among confirmed, 3 in suspected patients)
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b3a89547-ddca-43b2-b354-c1037928f078&eventid=e21d20a7-b307-412e-94ca-a96069cf14d8&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Namibia reports fatal Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case in Windhoek

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d71bcfc1-af5d-4f3f-ba70-98f03fe46861&eventid=565157fd-1069-44dc-ad8e-e554f9901bdd&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Nigeria reports over 24.5 million malaria cases in nine months exceeding recent annual totals

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=49d5fef2-0098-460d-971a-3079b6ff5560&eventid=ec72db1d-b427-4672-8da6-664ced35f52d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Democratic Republic of the Congo faces continued measles outbreak amidst armed conflict, with Lomami, North and South Kivu being most affected
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9b849e17-e936-473d-a0af-44c8d9bfd829&eventid=c2ae938d-fdc7-43a7-9d3d-bf29cdb917d5&utm_source=bluesky
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Global HPAI season (2025- 2026) intensifies: Sharp rise in October outbreaks across poultry, wild birds, and mammals
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=448eee61-2aab-4f46-9965-c9cb128f2d47&eventid=63a4b372-386e-44ef-b0ca-bf6ef380539a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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An outbreak of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic form of EHV-1, linked to a Waco rodeo event in Texas, has spread across multiple states in the USA.
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fecc29e3-2530-41a1-8be0-2bc38943c9d0&utm_source=bluesky
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hungary reports substantial surge in transmission of Hepatitis A with nearly 1 600 cases and a fifteen-fold increase over baseline
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5f46b519-935b-40d4-9152-f7b9edce85db&eventid=cf52bdc8-05c0-4945-84ba-3e68aaa8b5d5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Panama reports 14 128 dengue cases and 23 deaths by epidemiological week 44 (ending 2 Nov) with co-circulation of all four serotypes
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d7b1124b-de02-426b-868c-875aff64eaf1&eventid=db1031c9-ea59-49de-b0ef-8cbc6d7c5e5d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Jamaica: Leptospirosis outbreak following Hurricane Melissa – six deaths, 37 cases reported

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=4cee5aa6-df41-4e55-97ed-558e3f881684&eventid=5e5cce87-e773-4efb-b7fd-2a08ce67b25b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Republic of Korea reports early and rapid surge in Influenza A (H3N2) cases ahead of typical season peak
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=074e51d9-5031-4ebc-9039-d3e5edc9fa75&eventid=f2d2106a-97cb-47fe-93c6-fdf8b14499e5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Influenza week ending November 8, 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Ongoing rabies transmission in Cape fur seals, Walvis Bay, Erongo Region.Namibia

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e0bbb5a2-36f8-4aa4-9a94-a9ba5451e43e&eventid=9eef3c05-1300-4b74-a9be-f12ee2b24e8a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Italy recorded 453 Chikungunya cases in 2025, including 385 local infections across four regions and three active outbreaks, the largest of which involved 318 cases in Modena
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c5fde34a-5e4b-43b4-bac7-5d771fe3dde3&utm_source=bluesky
Arbovirus cases in Italy 2025
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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South Africa: Rabies in Cape fur seals extends to Eastern Cape province. First confirmed case involves multiple surfer near-bites
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e39a4f52-a494-4f27-92c9-f8126877a644&eventid=85a926a6-8abf-4e4f-9c79-d0be4114e9d6&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Harare, Zimbabwe, reports nearly 600 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, mainly affecting children under five. RFI on causative pathogen and virological typing
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=57b4ca94-3008-4446-908e-717ca65add43&utm_source=bluesky
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Request for information (RFI): Dengue emergence in Ziguinchor, Senegal, with 18 cases and one death and early signs of local transmission
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a54f8aa8-1fb6-4966-92d5-8db09de15f63&eventid=3f53e3c8-1ef3-465d-82ee-fb2a859f3d56&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Threat assessment brief: Influenza risk in the EU/EEA amid increasing circulation of A(H3N2) subclade K
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d2c10167-c23b-45b8-b150-1da7040aa929&eventid=021fa39a-5e73-4f32-9cb4-09c5e8de7b5b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Follow up: Washington state, USA, reports first human fatality from avian influenza A(H5N5); risk to the public remains low
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d54dc8cc-6861-46a2-aa73-47fa7828f0aa&eventid=d15483cd-c27d-4487-b949-a122d9660860&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Confirmed Marburg virus disease cases rise to 8 in Jinka region, Ethiopia, with 4 deaths in confirmed patients to date and over 200 contacts under investigation
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7a8dbd86-82b1-4094-8068-46136456ec7b&utm_source=bluesky
Marburg health education campaign
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Update on dengue virus outbreak in the Cook Islands: sustained transmission and rising case numbers

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d5970b23-94a3-4cdd-87a9-3b32227bc913&eventid=fb250711-2d93-4f5e-ab7d-438815668dd9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Thailand reports 910 370 influenza cases and 100 deaths in 2025 as elevated transmission persists and H3N2 now predominates
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=cad22609-a84d-4107-8f08-bed0986f9367&eventid=f8da7d47-91f4-439e-9ce3-bf8cd1589053&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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France’s unprecedented 2025 chikungunya season is coming to an end with more than 800 locally transmitted cases recorded
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b95fada5-1cde-4fd7-8c23-3f70297e9e79&eventid=0d8336e4-9ecd-4bb6-9a57-e079584ee4ce&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM