🤧 The 2025/26 flu season has begun earlier than the previous two seasons, driven by the recently-emerged influenza virus A(H3N2) subclade K. An ECDC study estimated early seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness across the EU/EEA. Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... #EpiSky #IDSky

Weekly respiratory viruses update: - #RespiratoryViruses are on the rise across EU/EEA - #influenza activity is increasing rapidly and circulating widely - increases in #RSV have levelled off - #SARS-CoV-2 circulation continues to decrease. More info: erviss.org #ERVISS #IDsky #EpiSky #COVID19

As STIs continue to surge across the EU/EEA, ECDC reports that significant barriers to preventative measures and testing, and a lack of data are hindering efforts to curb STIs. Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... #EpiSky #IDSky

The European Commission (@ec.europa.eu) has just designated a new EU reference laboratory (EURL) for respiratory viruses. This marks a significant step in reinforcing the European Union’s capacity to respond to serious cross-border threats. Read more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

What’s behind foodborne illnesses in Europe? A new infographic from EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu highlights key findings from the One Health Zoonoses Report: ✔ What foodborne diseases are ✔ Where they come from ✔ How to help prevent them 👉 link.europa.eu/3Jwjvq #OneHealth #Zoonoses #FoodPoisoning

#JustPublished: A new modelling study from ECDC indicates that influenza and COVID-19 vaccination programmes markedly reduced hospitalisations among older adults across Europe in the 2024/25 season. Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... #EpiSky #IDSky

Weekly respiratory viruses update: - #influenza activity is increasing rapidly and circulating widely, - #RSV is slowly increasing, - #SARSCoV2 circulation continues to decrease. More info: erviss.org #ERVISS #RespiratoryViruses #IDsky #EpiSky #COVID19

📢 Our latest quarterly monitoring report on #AvianFlu with @ecdc.europa.eu & the EU Reference Lab is out: ✅ Wild bird HPAI cases highest since 2016 ✅ Widespread farm outbreaks via wild birds ✅ Slight rise in carnivores + virus back in cats Public risk remains low. lnkd.in/d-G2gNBZ #h5n1

📢 Last joint monthly update with @ecdc.europa.eu on #WestNileVirus in Europe is live. 👤 1,112 human cases, 97 deaths (14 countries) 🐎 186 outbreaks in equids (9 countries) 🐦 359 outbreaks in birds (9 countries) No local cases expected, but a few sporadic cases may occur. 🔗 link.europa.eu/fNP38x

#JustPublished: ECDC is announcing it will take a leading role in the consolidation and integration at the EU/EEA level of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) as a complementary infectious disease surveillance tool. Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... #IDSky #EpiSky

Europe’s #foodborne disease picture is changing. The new joint #ECDC - #EFSA EU One Health Zoonoses Report gives fresh insight into what’s driving infections across the continent. Our latest #ECDConAir episode walks through the key findings. Listen: bit.ly/ECDConAir69 #IDsky #EpiSky #FoodSafety

Changing diets & ageing populations may be driving a rise in serious infections across Europe. One health is key to addressing public health risks from foodborne diseases. Read EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu latest One Health #Zoonoses report: 🔗 link.europa.eu/wGhqWv #OneHealth | @cgdasneves.bsky.social

EU agency scientists came together at #EUANSA 2025 to strengthen science for policy, tackle misinformation, and support research engagement, delivering trusted advice across Europe. We were happy to chair this year’s meeting and foster collaboration & impact. #FoodSafety; @cgdasneves.bsky.social

Changing diets and an ageing population may be contributing to a rise in serious Listeria infections across Europe, according to the new EU One Health Zoonoses Report from @efsa.europa.eu and ECDC. #zoonoses #foodborne #OneHealth #EpiSky Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

#WeAreHiring at #ECDC! 🔹 EU Cooperation & International Relations Officer – supporting collaboration with EU/EEA countries, EU institutions & partners. 🔹 Group Leader Front Office – leading Front Office team, supporting smooth IT coordination. Deadlines & criteria here: bit.ly/ECDCjobs #Jobs #EPSO

🔬 #JustPublished! New strategies to help countries detect and respond to #AvianInfluenza & #SwineInfluenza in humans. Europe is facing a sharp increase in circulation of avian influenza A(H5N1) in wild birds and poultry this autumn, raising the potential for human exposure. #AvianFlu #H5N1 #IDSky

Weekly respiratory viruses update: - #influenza activity is increasing rapidly and circulating widely, - #RSV is slowly increasing, - #SARSCoV2 circulation continues to decrease. More info: erviss.org #ERVISS #RespiratoryViruses #IDsky #EpiSky #COVID19

ECDC defines scenarios for pre-pandemic zoonotic influenza preparedness and response, to guide a scalable public health response and provide options for responding to possible pre-pandemic scenarios. @ecdc.europa.eu Check and download the tool at www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicati...

 ECDC defines strategies to fight avian and swine flu in humans: a guide has been released to help MSs to detect and respond to possible animal-related influenza threats, including pandemics. Check at  www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even... @ecdc.europa.eu 

🌍 Strengthening collaboration for better #preparedness Experts from @ecdc.europa.eu & @efsa.europa.eu met in Stockholm (27–28 Nov 2025) for a two-day Interagency Team Effectiveness meeting to strengthen joint work on surveillance, outbreak investigations and #OneHealth assessments.

#AMR & #AntimicrobialConsumption data highlight why infection prevention & prudent use of antimicrobials are essential.. Join us for a digital event focusing on #IPC & #AntimicrobialStewardship examples that support safer care in practice 📅 4 DEC 🕐 13:00–15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/EAAD2025Event #EAAD2025

Join @ecdc.europa.eu for a free event on challenges healthcare workers face with severe infections. Our Research Fellow Massar Dabbous will present on ‘Behavioural insights for strengthening infection prevention and control’. 🗓️ 4 December 🕐 12-2 UK time 🔗

Building capacity and and strengthening scientific communication skills as part of the Africa CDC & @ecdc.europa.eu partnership, our editor-in-chief Ines Steffens is supporting a #ScientificWriting training course for early to mid-career health experts in Nairobi this week #AcademicPublishing

Highlights from #ESCAIDE2025, including a wonderful talk from #ThisPodcastWillKillYou on science communication in a time of misinformation & disinformation.

Strengthening public health collaboration across Europe - Ricardo Mexia of Portugal’s National Health Institute shares why coordinated action matters for EU Health Task Force & Europe’s health security Learn more about #EUHTF 👉 bit.ly/4pJWDN2 #HealthSecurity #Preparedness #ESCAIDE2025 #PublicHealth

💊 On Thursday, our Vice President Dr. Péter Álmos will speak during @ecdc.europa.eu's digital event 'From Resistance to Resilience: Healthcare Workers Leading the Change' 🗓️ 4 December 2025 🕐 13:00–15:00 CET 🔗 Register here: events.ringcentral.com/events/europ...

Want to talk about this matter with ECDC experts, public health professionals, NGO and patient organisations' representatives? Join our online event at 3:30PM today! Click to register: bit.ly/482o6U8

Today is #WorldAIDSDay. Europe’s latest data show both progress and urgent gaps. #HIV diagnoses & #AIDS - related deaths continue to decline in the EU/EEA, but more than half of all HIV diagnoses are still made late. bit.ly/WAD2025ECDC #ECDC #ZeroStigma #EndStigma #WAD2025 #IDsky #EpiSky

Weekly respiratory viruses update: #Influenza detections are now increasing rapidly and earlier than usual. #RSV circulation remains low, but is slowly starting to increase. #SARSCoV2 circulation continues to decrease. More info: erviss.org #ERVISS #RespiratoryViruses #IDsky #EpiSky

‼️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘, 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 ‼️ Last week, a global outage pushed us to cancel the #EAAD2025 online event, but we are back and ready to talk about the ways to keep antibiotics working! 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦! 🗓 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🕐 𝟭𝟯:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 Register here ➡️ bit.ly/4pE5Q9v #AMR #IDsky #EpiSky #EAAD

#ECDC / #WHOEuro HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe 2025 The findings show important progress across the EU/EEA - declining #HIV diagnoses & fewer #AIDS-related deaths. But 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 Europe’s HIV response remains - late diagnosis Press release: bit.ly/49JBKg6

Europe is off track on 4/5 antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) targets. A new Comment by @ema.europa.eu & @ecdc.europa.eu outline urgent actions to fight #AMR across Europe. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

El Dr. Diamantis Plachouras, de la ECDC, ha brindado la conferencia inaugural con una exposición sobre el sistema europeo de vigilancia de infecciones asociadas a las UCI. @ecdc.europa.eu

#ECDC & @efsa.europa.eu are hosting the 2nd Annual One-Health VectorNet Entomology Network (OHVEN) meeting in Stockholm, bringing together experts from across Europe to advance surveillance, data sharing & preparedness. 🤝 Thank you to all presenters, partners and participants. #IDsky #EpiSky

#JustPublished! Widespread detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in wild birds, and outbreaks in poultry across the EU/EEA, increase the risk of human exposure. The overall risk to the public remains low, but key actions matter. Read more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

Join #ECDC for 'World AIDS Day 2025: Redefining the Journey'. Recent progress is a foundation, not an endpoint. Discuss with us the shift from viral suppression to ensuring quality of life & tackling stigma. 🗓 1 Dec, 15:30 CET 🔗 events.ringcentral.com/events/world... #WorldAIDSDay #HIV

✨ MediPIET Alumni: strengthening regional public health through collaboration! On 21 November, the MediPIET Alumni Network met in Warsaw during #ESCAIDE2025, bringing together fellows, alumni, supervisors, NFPs and partners. They shared scientific work & discussed future priorities 🧪🦠.

Congratulations to the 2023 graduates of #EPIET, #EUPHEM, #PAE and #MedIPIET fellowships! Thank you for your dedication, cooperation, and collaboration over the past two years. Best of luck as you continue your careers in #FieldEpidemiology, #Microbiology & #PublicHealth. #IdSky #EpiSky

Time for: #ESCAIDE2025 Plenary session F: Beyond numbers: humanising public health to address health inequities. Let's look at putting people at the centre & turning public health data into impact Chairs: Alicia Barrasa & Piotr Kramarz Speakers Grazia Caleo & Elburg van Boetzelaer #ESCAIDE #IDsky

Weekly respiratory viruses update: #Influenza detections are now increasing rapidly and earlier than usual. #RSV circulation remains low but is slowly starting to increase. #SARSCoV2 circulation continues to decrease. Thret Assessment Brief on #influenza: bit.ly/47Uultd More info on: erviss.org

Thematic Session 5 – Diagnosing barriers to #vaccination. Closing immunisation gaps needs epidemiological & behavioural insights to understand who is under-vaccinated and why. Chairs: Sarah Earnshaw Blomquist & Andrea Würz Speakers: Bolette Søberg & Agnieszka Sochoń-Latuszek #ESCAIDE2025 #EpiSky

Lunch time? Let's talk while having a bite at #ESCAIDE2025! Join Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke – hosts of #ThisPodcastWillKillYou – discussing the global rise of misinformation and share practical lessons from years of their science communication. #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ESCAIDE

👋 It’s the final day of Meet the Expert at #ESCAIDE2025! 📍 Find us next to Auditorium 2 (2nd floor). 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 🕥 10:45 - Maximilian Rieß 🕧 12:30 - Camille Jacqueline 🕐 13:00 - Ines Steffens (@eurosurveillance.org) #ESCAIDE #MeetECDCExperts #PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

Plenary Session E is up next – Health for all: equity challenges in accessing essential health services. We look at how stigma, policy gaps, cost and structural barriers shape unequal access across Europe, and where targeted action can make a difference. #ESCAIDE2025 #ESCAIDE

Starting now at #ESCAIDE2025: 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. The discussion will focus on lessons for improving joint surveillance, outbreak investigation and integrated risk assessment. bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register #ESCAIDE #OneHealth

#JustPublished! #ECDC recommends not delaying #influenza vaccination as #flu circulation starts earlier than usual across the EU/EEA this season. Detections are rising 3–4 weeks earlier than in the past two years, driven by the newly emerged A(H3N2) subclade K. Press release: bit.ly/3JZtkH2

Starting in 10' at #ESCAIDE2025 - Thematic session 4: Meet Europe's Cross-agency One Health Task Force. Speakers: Tyra Grove Krause - SSI Ole Heuer - ECDC Stephan Bronzwaer - EFSA Ana Vidal - EMA Ian Marnane - EEA Evelin Fabjan - ECHA Sigrid Weiland - DG SANTE #OneHealth #ESCAIDE #PublicHealth

The 2025 EOC-NET European Regional Forum wrapped up yesterday in Lyon! Three days of sharing lessons, improving governance and strengthening how EOCs cooperate during health emergencies 🤝🛡️. The simulation put coordination skills into practice 🎯. #EOCNET #Preparedness

Now at #ESCAIDE2025: Thematic session 3: Impact of the use of conjugate pneumococcal #vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease: current status of evidence. Piotr Kramarz - ECDC Chief Scientist Sabrina Bacci - Head of Section VPD & Immunisation, ECDC Nathalie Nicolay - Principal Expert VPD, ECDC

Ready for the second day of #ESCAIDE2025? Let's start it with Plenary C: The third pillar of #OneHealth: why environment can't be an afterthought. Want to follow the session LIVE? Register to the event here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register #EFSA #EEA #ECDC #OneHealth #ESCAIDE2025 #ESCAIDED