• An anthrax outbreak in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has killed 30 hippopotamuses since September 2026, with laboratory testing confirming anthrax as the cause.
• The event is reportedly the second anthrax outbreak in the park since 2025, raising concerns about risks to both wildlife and nearby communities.
• Park authorities are conducting surveillance and safe carcass management and advising residents not to touch or consume meat from animal carcasses and to report carcasses to authorities

• A Yakima County, Washington resident with underlying health conditions died on 01 Nov 2026 after hospitalization for severe illness from avian influenza, following exposure at a dairy with infected cattle.
• On 01 Nov 2026, Yakima Health District reported a third confirmed human avian influenza case in a county resident exposed to infected dairy cattle. The individual has not developed severe illness or required hospitalization.
• The Yakima Health District, working with the Washington State Department of Health, is contact-tracing individuals who had close contact with both case-patients to monitor for symptoms.
• Yakima County has now reported a total of three human avian influenza cases.
• As of 02 Nov 2026, Washington had confirmed HPAI in 40 dairy herds: 39 in Yakima County and one in Benton County. Yakima County confirmations occurred on 08, 15, 16, 21, 23, 27, 29 and 30 Oct 2026, with a daily peak of 17 herds confirmed on 23 Oct 2026

• A second human case of avian influenza (H5N1) was confirmed in a Yakima County, Washington resident on 31 Oct 2026, following exposure at a dairy with infected cattle; the patient is hospitalized with severe illness and has underlying health conditions.
• As of 29 Oct 2026, 33 dairy herds in Yakima County had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1.

Muchinga Province has vaccinated more than 8,000 livestock against anthrax in three districts as authorities recorded one more human infection and death of five wild animals in Mpika. Nabwalya chiefdom in Mpika District has recorded the additional case of the disease, bringing cumulative human infections to 26, as of yesterday while the new animal deaths raise the number of mortalities to 64.More than 8,000 animals have so far been vaccinated against the anthrax disease in Lavushimanda, Mpika and Shiwang’andu districts of Muchinga Province against the 20,000 target.

Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry has stepped up efforts to control animal disease in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, after an anthrax case was detected in Dadapayu Village. The Gunungkidul Agriculture and Food Agency conducted an epidemiological investigation on Sept. 11, 2026, to trace the incident, assess the condition of livestock around the affected area, and collect samples for further examination. On Sept. 12, officials disinfected affected livestock shelters, treated animals requiring medical attention, and provided vitamins to healthy livestock in the surrounding area. The response continued on Sept. 14 with antibiotics and vitamins administered to 88 goats and 11 cattle in Dadapayu Village. Anthrax vaccinations began on Sept. 28 for livestock in the surrounding area after the antibiotic treatment period ended,

France on Thursday reported the first ‌human case of the Shamonda virus, usually found in livestock, in a patient who later died, with authorities adding there was no risk to the general population at this stage.

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Kenya raised the number of Ebola cases to nine on Tuesday, with the confirmation of the infection of a 24-year-old man and close relative of the first patient detected in the country, who was imported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), meaning that community transmission is still not reported in Kenyan territory. https://elsiglo.com.ve/kenia-eleva-nueve-casos-ebola-sigue-sin-reportar-transmision-comunitaria/

Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, as health authorities across Africa respond to the spread of an outbreak that has also produced nine confirmed infections in Kenya and more than 9,000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The Nigerian patient arrived from Uganda and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja before testing positive, according to the Associated Press (AP), citing Nigeria's Health Ministry. Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities were tracing 44 people identified as contacts of the patient. https://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-confirms-first-ebola-case-as-african-outbreak-spreads-12595717

An eighth person infected with the virus that causes Ebola was identified in Kenya on Sunday as the disease outbreak appeared to continue its migration from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The African nation's health ministry reported that of 38 people tested on Sunday one 49-year-old man tested positive for the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.

A Yakima County, Washington resident tested positive for avian influenza after exposure to infected dairy cattle at a local dairy. The patient has not developed severe illness or required hospitalization and is isolating at home. The immediate risk to the general public remains low. The reported animal exposure supports a sporadic spillover event, and the available information does not indicate human-to-human transmission.

Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Ebola after a man who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died in Nairobi, according to health officials. Authorities are tracing his contacts, including passengers and crew on a flight he boarded.

Kenya’s Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that the patient was a Kenyan citizen who had lived in the DRC for seven years. He became ill about a month ago and received treatment at several hospitals there before traveling to Kenya.

Russian officials have downplayed reports that a Siberian laboratory employee has died of the plague, stressing that the situation is under control and post-mortem tests have revealed no trace of the disease. Concern prevailed after reports published on Friday that 28-year-old Daria Shipilova, who worked at an institute for plague control in Siberia's Irkutsk region, had died of the disease. The news website "People of Baikal" reported, citing unnamed sources close to the security services in the area, that she may have contracted pneumonic plague due to a broken test tube. Other media outlets have also reported a possible link between her death and an accident that occurred inside the lab. But Irkutsk regional governor Igor Kubzev said on Monday that a special committee of experts had conducted an investigation into the area and concluded that "the cause of death is idiopathic pneumonia." Kobzev explained via Telegram that the Russian supervisory body for consumer protection and health "Rosputrebenadzor" concluded after conducting tests that "no microorganisms related to her professional work were found in the young woman's biological samples." Since the young woman's death, "no new cases of staff at the Institute for Plague Control who sought medical care" have been recorded, he said. Kubzev stressed that the health and epidemiological situation in Irkutsk is "stable", saying: "The situation is still under our control and the control of experts." Asked about the matter on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called on journalists to "rely on official statements from Rospotrebnadzor instead of (...) Rumors and speculation."

Four residents in Pelem Hamlet, Kapanewon Semanu, Gunungkidul Regency tested positive for anthrax. Lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Gadjah Mada University (Fapet UGM) as well as a team from the Halal Center UGM, Nanung Danar Dono, the re-emergence of anthrax cases in Semanu, Gunungkidul, is a reminder that zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans still need to be watched out.
"Anthrax is a zoonotic disease, transmitted from animals to humans. If infected and not treated immediately, the risk is death," explained Nanung in a press release, Monday (5/10). Therefore, he emphasized the importance of proper handling for animals affected by anthrax.

A single laboratory-supported case of Oya virus (OYAV) infection was published in the NEJM in a 54-year-old previously healthy woman working on a goose farm in Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China. The patient developed high fever (40°C), chills, malaise, anorexia, vomiting, and diarrhoea exceeding ten episodes per day; severe liver injury and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) The patient improved substantially after four days of supportive care, was discharged on day 19, and full recovery was confirmed at day 31. No secondary household or healthcare-worker cases were reported in the publication.

A 49-year-old male resident of Tuol Kruos village, Trapeang Prasat district, Oddar Meanchey province, northwestern Cambodia, was confirmed positive for H5N1 avian influenza on 27 Sep 2026 by the National Institute of Public Health and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge. The patient is currently isolated in a local hospital receiving intensive medical care. An epidemiological investigation established that the patient raised chickens and had direct contact with sick and dead poultry. The confirmed poultry infection preceding the human case by four days illustrates a One Health spillover sequence.

Four cases of tularemia were reported in Agidel, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, with earliest media reports dating to 22 Sep 2026; at least one patient is a child. Potential transmission routes identified by local experts include insect bites, contact with rodents (and, per one source, cats), consumption of contaminated food, and use of unboiled water.

The first documented outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in captive mink in the United States was confirmed at a commercial mink farm in Salt Lake County, Utah, with disease activity detected from early August 2026. The affected farm is projected to lose 80% of its mink herd; the exact total herd size and absolute number of animals dead or infected were not disclosed in released records. Neither the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food nor the USDA had a predefined response protocol for HPAI in mink.

A case of avian influenza has been detected in newly arrived waterfowl at Cologne Zoo. Several areas will remain closed for the time being.

The avian influenza virus has been detected in newly acquired waterfowl at Cologne Zoo . According to the zoo, the animals were in a non-public quarantine unit. As a result, several areas will remain temporarily closed to visitors, the zoo announced on Monday morning.

The affected areas are the enclosures, the hippopotamus enclosure, and the owl monastery, because free-flying birds live there. The closures are purely a precautionary measure to protect the bird population. https://koeln.t-online.de/region/koeln/id_101455588/vogelgrippe-im-koelner-zoo-mehrere-bereiche-fuer-besucher-geschlossen.html

As of 21 Sep 2026, Muchinga Province, Zambia, has recorded 21 cumulative human anthrax cases, including seven new cases reported in the most recent update; all patients are described as stable and receiving treatment in health facilities. Wildlife deaths attributable to the outbreak have reached 59 animals, comprising 46 hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), five buffaloes, and eight elephants; the Nabwalya area of Mpika District has been identified as the epicenter. https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=71ab4861-a49f-444c-bd61-8e538009b928

Four more Australian sea lions , including a pup, have tested positive for H5 bird flu at a key breeding site between the South Australian mainland and Kangaroo Island, bringing the species' confirmed total to five. South Australian Environment Minister Emily Bourke announced the results on Monday, Sept. The state is seeking federal approval for a vaccine trial targeting mammals. The first sea lion case was confirmed on Sept. 13 at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island. The Australian sea lion is listed as endangered on international threatened species lists.

Suriname has officially confirmed avian influenza (Influenza A H5) for the first time. The virus broke out at a broiler chicken farm in Paramaribo, causing the deaths of about 5,000 to 6,000 poultry. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries took immediate action and announced a series of strict measures to curb further spread of the virus in poultry farming. Minister Mike Noersalim emphasized that the national chicken supply will not be threatened.

• On 16 Sep 2026, Thailand's Department of Disease Control (DDC) issued a public warning regarding severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a tick-borne viral infection, following three confirmed cases and two deaths recorded from 01 Jan–16 Sep 2026, yielding a case fatality rate (CFR) of 66.67%. The cumulative burden since surveillance began in 2019 stands at ten cases and five deaths across Thailand, with the 2026 year-to-date total representing three of those 10 cases. Most affected individuals were aged 50 years and older, with reported exposure histories including pet ownership, handling dogs or cats, tick bites, or directly crushing ticks with bare hands. On 18 Sep 2026, Thailand's national communicable disease committee formally approved adding SFTS, alongside Legionnaires' disease, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and shingles, to the national notifiable disease list, requiring clinicians to report every case to the DDC.

South Australia has recorded the first death of an endangered Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu.

An anthrax outbreak in Zambia has caused the deaths of more than 50 animals and the infection of 12 people

• On 27 Aug 2026, Mauritania's Ministry of Health reported a new Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak in Rosso district, Traza region, following polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmation of one human case at the National Public Health Laboratory.
• The case is a 50-year-old female who presented on 24 Aug 2026 at Rosso hospital with fever, headache, myalgia, and bloody diarrhea; she is currently admitted and in stable condition.
• The case reported direct exposure to cattle, sheep, and goats, with no reported tick bite exposure.
• Since the beginning of 2026, 17 confirmed CCHF cases and four deaths (case fatality rate [CFR]: 23.53%) have been reported across three African Union Member States: Mauritania (one case, zero deaths), Senegal (seven cases, zero deaths), and Uganda (nine cases, four deaths).

• On August 26, 2026, the epidemiology team from the Grand'Anse Health Directorate (DSGA) received an alert regarding suspected cases of anthrax in Balivèn (5th communal section of Dammari).
• The investigation allowed the epidemiology team to identify approximately 13 suspected cases of anthrax, 2 deaths, and the deaths of 20 animals.

**A second case of influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H2N1)v) virus was reported in Michigan. The two patients, who are

Australian authorities have announced the confirmation of H5N1 bird flu in a fur seal, the first detection of transmission in mammals in the country, located in Beachport, South Australia. This finding comes at a critical time, as the country has faced a significant increase in cases of the disease among birds since June.

Australia's avian influenza outbreak is experiencing a worrying new development—the virus is beginning to hit wild birds on a large scale, with seabirds and pengs dying one after another.

This time, the situation was not just about "finding a few infected birds."

Recently, large numbers of seabird deaths have been observed in South Australia and Tasmania, with over 1,000 Crested Terns found dead at one location in South Australia

The Michigan health department on Wednesday confirmed a locally acquired case of eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne disease.

The patient, a resident of Roscommon County, is the first human case of the disease reported in Michigan ‌since 2021, ⁠the state ⁠health department said, adding that no animal Eastern equine encephalitis activity was detected in Michigan prior to this.

On 13 Aug 2026, the Government of Castile and León confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Salamanca province; the patient — a 71-year-old male with pre-existing conditions — is believed to have been infected via a tick bite in a small village in the Béjar region and is hospitalised in serious condition at Hospital Gómez Ulla in Madrid. This case is the third case in Salamanca province and the fourth case reported in Spain in 2026 so far.

ECDC reported one confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the Tropojë district, northern Albania; disease onset was 22 Jul 2026, with hospitalization on 24 Jul 2026. The patient is a livestock farmer who owns animals. The patient subsequently recovered and was discharged from the hospital. Diagnosis was confirmed on 04 Aug 2026 via dual laboratory methods: CCHF virus RNA detection by RT-PCR and CCHF-specific antibodies by serology. Tropojë District had not previously been recognized as endemic for CCHF. However, cases have occurred elsewhere in the same county, Kukës, most recently in 2023.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Kent County Health Department (KCHD) and Ionia County Health Department have identified a human case of influenza A H1N2 variant (swine flu) in an Ionia County resident who was a swine exhibitor at the Kent County Youth Fair. The fair took place Aug. 3-8 at the Grand Agricultural Center of West Michigan in Lowell.

The individual tested presumptive positive at the MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories for swine flu and was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.

MDHHS and KCHD have been reaching out to swine exhibitors and their families who visited the swine barns at the Kent County Youth Fair to identify any additional illnesses in those who may have been exposed to influenza from infected pigs. KCHD has alerted providers in the area to watch for patients presenting with respiratory symptoms who report exposure to swine or visited the fair.

One laboratory-confirmed human anthrax case was reported in Samukh District, Azerbaijan. The infected individual had a history of contact with cattle, suggesting animal-to-human transmission. Nine contacts who were exposed to the sick animal were identified, isolated, and tested. Authorities have traced all known contacts and placed them under medical observation. Officials stated there is no evidence of wider community transmission and the situation is under control. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease usually acquired through contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products; human-to-human transmission is extremely rare. Public health and veterinary authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations and response measures.

A new genetic variant of the Bundibugyo virus, which causes a form of Ebola disease, has been identified by scientists studying the 2026 epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The study, published in the journal "Nature Medicine," concludes that the strain circulating today is not a resurgence of the variants that caused previous outbreaks in the region. On the contrary, it appears to have emerged from a new transmission of the virus from animals to humans.
However, the exact animal source of the virus remains unknown. Researchers reached this conclusion by analyzing 22 genomes of the virus from patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

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The Ministry of Health of the State of Querétaro (SESA) confirmed a new case of human myiasis caused by the screwworm, bringing the state cumulative during 2026 to five people affected by this disease. Human myiasis is an infestation caused by the larvae of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax, known as cattle screwworm.

Kabale District has recorded three deaths from laboratory-confirmed Rift Valley Fever, with health authorities stepping up disease surveillance and response measures amid concerns over continued transmission among livestock.

A 50-year-old man from Muzaffargarh has died of rabies while undergoing treatment at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital after reportedly being bitten by stray dogs . https://www.app.com.pk/punjab/muzaffargarh-man-dies-of-rabies-at-mayo-hospital-lahore/

• New Zealand has confirmed its first detection of H5N1 avian influenza (clade 2.3.4.4b) in a brown skua seabird found on Petone Beach, Wellington.
• Authorities emphasized that this is a single wild seabird case, with no evidence of spread among wild birds, no mass bird deaths, and no detection in poultry so far.
• The risk to the general public is considered low, as H5N1 rarely infects humans unless there is direct, close, and prolonged contact with sick birds.
• Officials stated that eggs and poultry products remain safe to eat.
• Biosecurity New Zealand, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), the Department of Conservation (DOC), and health authorities are actively monitoring the situation and conducting ongoing surveillance.
• Official source link: H5 bird flu confirmed in New Zealand | Beehive.govt.nz

On 26 June 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in three dairy herds in Utah. http://www.flu.org.cn/en/news-22582.html

Local media recently reported on an unidentified illness in Bulungu territory (Kwilu, DRC) that caused between 14 and 20 deaths within a two-week period. This spike in fatalities triggered widespread panic within the affected community, particularly given the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak. Media report that local officials urgently requested that the government deploy medical teams to identify the disease and implement emergency containment measures. An RFI was sent to EpiCore members in the region regional to collect further details from reliable sources and support the verification of the event. Preliminary laboratory testing by the National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Kinshasa officially ruled out filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg. Authorities clarified that the spike in severe symptoms and fatalities, initially feared to be due to a viral haemorrhagic fever, was actually the consequence of a localized surge of severe malaria cases

The French health authorities confirmed, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, the detection of the first case of Ebola virus disease on French territory. According to information reported by Le Parisien, it is a humanitarian doctor who recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where an epidemic outbreak is causing serious international concern.

Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo (DRC) have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge.

The second case of bird flu in Australia in three days has been confirmed, amid a dangerous global H5-strain outbreak. The new case was identified in a migratory seabird known as the northern giant petrel.

Both birds that tested positive were detected in an isolated area of Cape Le Grand National Park, near Esperance in the southern part of Western Australia, and both were cared for in isolation. Although bird flu has been detected in Australia before, this is the first this specific strain has been found.

The Australian Centre for Disease Control has said there is no concern for human infection frombird flu H5. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/officials-confirm-second-case-of-bird-flu-in-australia-in-three-days/news-story/2b293deb78b3e6ab6d49bbb074cd2a63

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has killed more than 13,000 southern elephant seals after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists said Thursday.

Researchers found the remote Heard and McDonald Islands littered with seal carcasses when they arrived on a scientific expedition in October 2025.

Genetic tests confirmed that the H5 strain of bird flu had killed seals, penguins and birds that inhabit this rocky territory, in the first record of the virus in one of Australia's outer territories.

Southern elephant seal calves were the hardest hit by the outbreak, Australian Antarctic Program specialists said. In some seal breeding groups, mortality reached up to 97 percent.

Land and aerial surveys conducted between October 2025 and January 2026 counted the deaths of 13,300 elephant seal calves.

The virus enters the country through two main routes: from Africa via the southern Black Sea coast, and from Central and Eastern Europe via Hungary and Romania. Migratory birds and mosquitoes are the vectors.

Scientists have recorded the emergence of various genetic variants of the pathogen in Tatarstan, Moscow, Krasnodar Krai, Astrakhan, Rostov, Volgograd, and Oryol Oblasts.

The dominant virus subtype has been identified in 17 regions of Russia. The dominant strain, ABB.1.1, is actively expanding its range north and east. https://informpskov.ru/news/510630.html

The Central Zoo in Jawalakhel has been closed indefinitely after bird flu was confirmed in several birds and animals at the facility, zoo officials said on Friday. The virus has been confirmed in egrets, owls and vultures, as well as civets and leopard cats.


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Two cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) have been recorded in Erbil province in the Kurdistan Region, the Region’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, adding that both patients are from the same family and that one of them is in a perilous health state. “The infections resulted from slaughtering livestock inside their [patients’] home within the past two weeks, leading to direct exposure to an infected animal and the fluid secretions post-slaughter,” the ministry said in a statement.

A sample collected at Sha Tin’s Wo Che Market has tested positive for H9 avian flu after a two-year-old boy, who visited the wet market twice, contracted the virus. The Department of Health.

Hong Kong’s health authority said at a press conference on Monday that they were following the toddler’s infection.

The boy was diagnosed with the H9N2 bird flu virus last week after visiting the Wo Che Market twice in early June.

The Junta de Castilla y León, through Public Health, confirmed on Monday a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the province of Salamanca, diagnosed in a 68-year-old man who was transferred to the Gómez Ulla hospital in Madrid, a reference for these cases.

The man was treated at the university hospital of Salamanca, as detailed on Monday by the Ministry of Health, with a tick bite, and remains in stable condition, although with the clinical severity that this pathology implies and isolation and protection measures for health professionals provided for these situations.

The man's contacts have already been identified so that they can carry out the corresponding follow-up, which consists of periodically monitoring his body temperature and communicating any change in his health status to his reference epidemiologist.

A Santa Fe County woman has died from plaguethe first human case in New Mexico in 2026, the New Mexico Department of Health reports. The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reached out to close contacts of the woman and will conduct an environmental assessment to determine ongoing risk and confirm no other close contacts have symptoms consistent with plague.

Kerala health authorities have confirmed a Nipah virus case in a 43-year-old Kozhikode man, who remains on ventilator support. Officials have traced 77 contacts, including healthcare workers and family members, and placed those at high risk under quarantine. Containment efforts are underway, with the government urging public vigilance during the high-risk May–September season for transmission.

Kozhikode: Authorities in Kerala are on high alert after a 43-year-old man tested positive in a preliminary test for Nipah virus infection at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode. The hospital has sent samples to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for confirmation. https://www.india.com/news/india/kerala-on-alert-as-fresh-nipah-case-surfaces-43-year-old-man-tests-positive-in-kozhikode-8443456/

A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the US Department of Agriculture on Friday, emerging just miles from where the first US detection in decades was reported this week, reported Reuters.

The new case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch 5.6 miles (9 km) from the first positive case of screwworm in Texas, which the USDA confirmed on Wednesday.

The infection, which the USDA said was in a one-month-old calf, was reported earlier on Friday by Reuters, citing sources.

The USDA discovered the second infestation "after testing a number of suspect cases," the department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a press release. https://www.thedairysite.com/news/second-screwworm-case-confirmed-miles-from-first-texas-detection

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) in a bovine in Zavala County, Texas. NWS is a serious pest that affects livestock, pets, wildlife, and less commonly, people and birds. NWS larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage to livestock and economic losses. https://www.3tres3.com/en/latest_swine_news/new-world-screwworm-detected-in-the-united-states_22537/

A calf in southern Texas tested positive for the New World screwworm, the first instance of the deadly fly-borne parasite detected in U.S. livestock since 1966. The Agriculture Department confirmed late Wednesday that New World screwworm fly larvae were found in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. The flesh-eating parasite can be deadly to animals but isn't common among humans and isn't a food safety risk, the USDA said.Earlier this week a case was reported in the Mexican state of Coahuila, found in a goat 25 miles away from the border. Wednesday's finding represented the first U.S. case of any kind since 2016, when an outbreak occurred in the wild deer population in Florida.

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Uganda has confirmed six new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the ongoing outbreak to 15, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. According to the ministry's latest update on the outbreak, the six new cases were identified among contacts of previously confirmed patients. Twelve Ebola patients are currently hospitalized in treatment facilities, while two patients have been discharged after recovery, the ministry said. The East African country declared the latest Ebola outbreak in May after confirming two imported cases of the Ebola virus disease, including one death. Health authorities are currently monitoring 668 contact cases linked to those confirmed as part of efforts to contain the spread of the disease, according to the update. Charles Olaro, director general of health services at the Health Ministry, on Monday urged those with Ebola-like symptoms to get to health facilities quickly, saying the chances of survival are higher. Authorities have intensified contact tracing, surveillance and public awareness campaigns to curb transmission.

263 confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya said. More than 1,100 suspected cases are being investigated and 43 people are confirmed to have died as a result of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.

Spain on Monday confirmed a new hantavirus case among individuals under preventive quarantine. The case corresponds to a close contact identified as part of epidemiological monitoring. This is the second positive case among 14 Spanish nationals evacuated to Tenerife from the luxury liner MV Hondius. The ship was carrying approximately 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries.

• "Specialists of the Rospotrebnadzor department in the Astrakhan region are conducting an epidemiological investigation in connection with the detection of 7 cases of brucellosis among clergy and parishioners of one of the monasteries in the region. All patients are hospitalized and receive the necessary medical care," the report says.
• According to preliminary data from the epidemiological investigation, the cause of the disease was the consumption of raw goat's milk supplied from the monastery's subsidiary farm.
• Source link: Astrakhan residents who consumed monastery milk became infected with brucellosis - Astrakhan leaflet

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Continental Public Health Emergency, in a statement late Monday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases of Ebola, and there has been one death in neighbouring Uganda. Declaring a continental emergency empowers the Africa CDC, based in Ethiopia, to mobilise extra resources, including emergency response teams and surveillance operations.

Agriculture authorities in Chiradzulu District say at least 26 cows and 3 goats have died of the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in the Thumbwe Extension Planning Area.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, confirmed the outbreak on May 8, 2026, in Chiradzulu and Mulanje districts, under Blantyre Agricultural Development Division. The Animal Health and Livestock Development Office, in collaboration with other stakeholders like the police and health, is sensitising people on the outbreak, warning them against contacting sick or dead animals to prevent further spread of the virus to humans.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and a public health emergency of international concern.

At least 65 people have died and 246 suspected cases have been recorded in a new Ebola outbreak confirmed Friday by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The epicenter of the outbreak is in Congo’s remote Ituri province, marking the 17th time the virus has emerged in the country since it was first detected in 1976. The Africa CDC is coordinating an international effort to contain the spread.