Sustained rabies transmission in animals with 22 human deaths since first detection in March 2024 in Timor-Leste https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=cb196c20-6d39-4e6d-b6ea-ddc5655213b6&eventid=32f0f07c-73c6-46d5-8270-220a15ddc3c5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

STI screening during Carnival in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil detects 324 cases including HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B & C through event-based surveillance https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ff830a3d-7f8e-494b-8cb2-3738872a7847&utm_source=bluesky

Measles cases in US rise to 910 as of 12 Feb, as multiple interconnected outbreaks shape the epidemiology in 2026 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=332395ab-a40e-43f0-a253-902a66b3b56d&eventid=2f15d768-f7ee-48ec-b675-02ad2862880f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

African swine fever: Historic outbreak surge in domestic pigs and wild boar in Moldova Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f4885ec0-867f-4dae-a431-7a534b8a4b9c&eventid=03f665b6-37f2-4e55-968e-a476b2bf6775&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Chile reports 9 cases and 4 deaths from hantavirus so far in 2026 Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=929b6726-a3f6-4086-a831-184454a23e58&eventid=7a10f191-c3fa-44f1-bb83-e49ecb5034bf&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Mexico measles cases by epidemiological week 5 increase to 8,899 cumulative cases with 28 deaths Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=72d6f527-8ff1-43a3-878d-5f63ecc66746&eventid=969c949e-a3d9-45df-9295-e37d92346030&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Yemen sees malaria resurgence amid conflict, climate shocks, and a fragile health system driving renewed transmission, particularly in Taiz with 14,000 confirmed cases in 2025 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=03346b24-7429-4ba5-9393-e3b4b4364ee1&utm_source=bluesky

Deprioritizing pandemic preparedness will leave people in the US more vulnerable @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tells @nature.com. “Just because we say we’re going to stop caring about these issues doesn’t make the issues go away — it just makes us less prepared.” spr.ly/63323hbveX

Australia’s whooping cough resurgence: record cases and waning immunity Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=200fbb5a-43dc-469b-8bf5-cd837a1a61bc&eventid=083215b1-392b-4230-bf8d-67c9fdb631a8&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

African swine fever spreads beyond high-risk zone in Spain: 29 outbreaks and 155 confirmed cases as of 13 Feb 2026 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9d1323cc-9f65-4621-b93f-8df445b593d6&eventid=bfc25d17-d0b5-483e-aa54-fa9fc984c3ee&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Mpox clade II death reported in correctional facility in Bangkok, Thailand Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=494e5a81-11f5-45f9-a0ed-2a84048e2cc5&eventid=d53a6dd3-e5f4-4f74-b506-3aa2c261c746&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Measles outbreak in north London, with more than 60 suspected and 34 confirmed cases in schools with 20% hospitalization rate among children https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d68015ed-385f-4211-bf2d-ab518c1f642b&eventid=cc468631-4051-4741-b1db-148678237614&utm_source=bluesky

First detection of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) in rainbow trout linked to smuggled eggs in Nariño Department, Colombia; first official report in the Southern Hemisphere. https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7efa593a-2dfc-46c0-b27c-b5e8122d2d7e&utm_source=bluesky

United States: A new extensively multidrug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Newport outbreak is linked to moringa powder capsule, requiring clinician awareness https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=29146468-0476-4fc3-8f36-4755d1a0e6e4&eventid=6a50eced-5b6d-4a08-b25d-b45132969687&utm_source=bluesky

Request for information (RFI): Acute outbreak of undiagnosed disease with hepatitis reported in Chayansa, Palwal, Haryana, India, with 12 deaths linked to water contamination https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=38af1a10-4c70-433c-acf2-f4562927bb00&utm_source=bluesky

Anthrax outbreak linked to livestock contact reported in Lyantonde District, Uganda with four deaths and 2 current cases attributed to date, 8 more deaths under investigation https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=398cab9c-9b5c-43ba-a910-be57e0357bf1&utm_source=bluesky

Persistent and expanding Ross River virus transmission in Australia, with confirmed cases in travelers returning to Germany from Australia https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a9c26256-c1cc-48d7-b0c2-8900960908ea&eventid=a34a6c4c-1f04-4cbe-a47f-839f35d8be5f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Follow-up report: Nipah virus cluster in West Bengal concludes with one fatality, no secondary transmission https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c1ec80ff-70f2-4258-bb08-993637bb54fd&eventid=75e28dfa-b236-4631-8f19-d63f1565847d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Same mpox recombinant virus with genomic elements of clades Ib and IIb detected in UK and India suggestive of sustained transmission https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2ada1fe7-6fc5-424e-8115-bc23e56851ca&eventid=1df415a6-ccb6-4732-b9e6-85768a159ce6&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Request for information: Additional chikungunya cases reported among returning travelers from the Seychelles in... https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2aaf1ad4-a7be-4667-8be9-62ee344e4347&eventid=631235a6-fcb2-4da1-b00c-619a5577b317&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

First H5N1 human avian influenza case of 2026 reported in Cambodia, in Kampot province, in a 30 year-old male with poultry exposure https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=898b092f-ffec-460b-80ec-8f318a28c0d1&eventid=999496bb-0b95-44ec-85c3-42e5d79b8820&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cholera outbreak at Makala Central Prison with five deaths among 13 confirmed cases https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b9ca9391-d411-466e-a525-80959b27069e&eventid=2f484720-85ed-4641-aba5-16b7125f8fae&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

European Commission supports foot and mouth disease (FMD) SAT1 vaccination in Northern Cyprus (Turkish-Controlled Areas) while the Republic of Cyprus maintains disease-free status https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ec67dd48-0d2e-402b-b690-cea695a22e2f&utm_source=bluesky

Infant death in Israel under investigation amid cereulide-contaminated formula recall Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b7208410-aa5b-45d3-b5b2-2d160d7e45a1&eventid=11193e00-0ef3-401a-94ea-fcaa6408c8e0&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Third infant death reported in France in ongoing investigation of cereulide-contaminated recalled formula; no causal link has been established https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a2e40ddf-05a3-4da8-a964-ae820cc29f21&eventid=cb2e8562-92b9-4cab-838a-5e3b7177ee78&utm_source=bluesky

More than 30 cases of sexually transmitted Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII infection reported in Minnesota https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b619891a-ec0c-4173-9e34-2f53155958c4&eventid=a4bf9b08-ffb0-4182-8292-01ca90d0d728&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Israel reports 15th measles death, a nine-year-old boy, amid 2025-2026 outbreak Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=8408c3fa-a07c-4ee2-b9ff-ea14ccb62f6e&eventid=92529282-5fac-4d13-a9fc-5233faf23a4f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Fatal devil reef crab poisoning reported in Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, February 2026 Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9a5d682b-bdbe-44c7-a16f-933da313db51&eventid=1afea15a-22de-4fde-921b-b262b011f478&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Request for information: San Rafael de Alajuela, Costa Rica: E. coli outbreak affects over 100 individuals at L... https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6cae1681-236e-48da-aa75-2e491f2aad34&eventid=9492bf2c-d24f-4380-a8e2-5cc1bfa5543e&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

First human rabies death of 2026 after migrant worker ignores puppy bite in Rayong Province, Thailand https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=8635070b-ea20-490f-b195-232b07090f02&eventid=5e596f4a-6b80-41e1-b795-e6bdbf5c5f60&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Increase in Lassa fever cases in Taraba State, Nigeria, to 49 with 15 deaths. Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6b8f267b-d451-4c60-85a0-98c974b7c04b&eventid=49924204-5756-43b7-b30a-65e3354be0da&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Condom shortage at Winter Olympics raises sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention concerns Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=28bd5b39-6af8-4430-8bab-4cb9e2405fb2&eventid=1968b554-9607-4c55-97e2-c787d6867c55&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Rabies detected in an illegally imported dog with fraudulent documentation in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c634eb54-e956-4efb-a503-9efe8d6cd702&eventid=50c7be06-c5b9-4a8b-adc8-b68bc96188b1&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Cryptosporidiosis cluster linked to aquatic centres prompts pool closures in Adelaide, South Australia https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=65d51964-8621-43cb-8475-58104ec7feb9&eventid=c6c11217-23ed-4127-af92-cd65f92ec2a2&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Mpox cases in Mayotte increase to nine, with evidence of local transmission amid ongoing regional virus circulation https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ede19d9e-4679-49a4-9e4e-09915e2c878f&eventid=da483ceb-ac55-4211-b646-5f8a496885a9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Jalisco, Mexico, health authorities have confirmed 60 hepatitis C cases linked to unsafe medical procedures performed by an unlicensed provider https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=06a6feb9-3ec2-47eb-abc2-ac4017bc02e1&eventid=cb647c03-5e9d-49b9-bc84-5a4985172614&utm_source=bluesky

First confirmed 2026 hantavirus-related death reported in Tarija Department, Bolivia Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=eb71a0d7-5fb0-46ed-bebf-e664446b44b5&eventid=90ba60da-bbbe-44bf-98c5-5f01feceaf8d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Lower Juba Province, Somalia, alongside environmental detection https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1099cf72-da3f-4261-8b82-8d1e3811cd83&eventid=c1a5d082-2d4d-4962-9469-9e582e8afc4f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Sheep pox and goat pox in the Balkans: Sustained high-level transmission since July 2025 with cross-border expansion and evidence supporting accelerated eradication through integrated vaccination https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=34e01ad5-ae04-43ba-b0ae-b721af122ae7&utm_source=bluesky

Two human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) and one human case of avian influenza A(H10N3) reported in in Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, China https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5fc118bd-2f78-40f8-8079-5ea454eb3c67&eventid=332198d8-8c87-4f05-86a6-4503d1df4185&utm_source=bluesky

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) update on chikungunya fever in the Americas with 313 132 cases reported across 18 countries and one territory in 2025 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1948062d-080c-42c6-9e3d-24e3faade67f&utm_source=bluesky

Chile confirms hantavirus death in Los Lagos Region Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0459256b-3a3d-49b9-98e2-01be27e1c37f&eventid=7a10f191-c3fa-44f1-bb83-e49ecb5034bf&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

New World screwworm larvae were detected in an imported horse from Argentina, intercepted at a quarantine facility in Florida, USA. https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=aa34a02e-e779-4288-84e4-c4c1d57dba84&eventid=7a1ae0cb-6d86-4ea3-95cc-c1c141b3f696&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

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Bovine tuberculosis in France: Stable national incidence in 2025 despite 93 outbreaks and emerging regional hotspots https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1204512d-6591-4a50-8762-561e482d4e53&eventid=2e84215e-6c56-45df-abc2-d7e0101e67e3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Kyankwanzi District, Uganda: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever – single case confirmed in health service provider with livestock exposure https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7c6b921e-599e-4789-a3a3-a76f8d68514d&eventid=2674c3dc-7ffc-4590-942c-627bfdde5e2c&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Follow-up report: Cholera outbreak in Mozambique exceeds 4600 cases and 62 deaths across five provinces https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=91c53b7f-e7a3-4587-9755-abfd55bdee50&eventid=964802b2-fb77-473e-9c28-6dfa49047c65&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Follow-up report: Cluster of nine neonatal deaths in Novokuznetsk maternity ward, Russia, linked to probable nosocomial Serratia marcescens infection https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2b1140cd-66cd-4e83-a06e-4c1928f3b79a&eventid=86b63b20-5a41-4e88-9fd4-487f70a55390&utm_source=bluesky

Increase in chikungunya cases in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to more than 1400 and one death, prompting alert declaration https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0e25feed-8f07-4e19-abe1-8122df13c20f&eventid=83be2946-dcd4-43c5-a6e3-c994bd1a0d19&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost