The Lombardy Region has identified a case of infection with the low-pathogenicity avian influenza A(H9N2) virus in a frail individual with underlying health conditions who contracted the infection from a non-European country and is currently hospitalized. The Ministry of Health announced this. This is the first human case of the H9N2 avian influenza strain detected in Europe.

Health authorities assure no cause for panic after monkey tests positive for Yellow Fever

Vasai-Virar region is witnessing a surge in dog bite cases, with an average of 166 cases reported daily in the first two months of 2026, civic officials said. Data from the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation shows that 10,120 dog bite cases were recorded in January and February this year. In 2025, the total number of cases stood at 46,000, up from 36,000 in 2024. The issue has gained urgency following the death of a nine-year-old child in Nalasopara, who contracted rabies from a dog bite. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/166-dog-bites-a-day-in-vasai-virar-9-yr-old-s-rabies-death-sparks-alarm-101774380602879.html

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 25th that a poultry farm in Chitose City, Hokkaido, has experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is the 22nd outbreak nationwide in Japan this avian influenza season. https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gj/2026/03-25/10592291.shtml

On World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate action to end tuberculosis (TB) and expand access to lifesaving services by using new innovations such as diagnostic tests that can be used near the point-of-care and tongue swabs that can help detect the disease faster, reaching more people. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/who-recommends-new-diagnostic-tools-help-end-tb

Avian Influenza Report is a weekly report produced by the Surveillance Division of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection. This report highlights global avian influenza activity in humans and birds. Avian Influenza Report

The Department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Voronezh Region reminds of rabies - a particularly dangerous acute viral infectious disease that ends in death and does not have seasonality of infection.

Over the past period of 2026, 14 cases of laboratory-confirmed rabies in animals were registered in the Voronezh Region in 10 districts of the Voronezh Region and the city of Voronezh. Cases of rabies were registered in dogs - 3, cats - 4, foxes - 4, one case each in sheep, goat and calf.

The number of victims in zoonotic rabies foci is 22 people.

1058 people (46.54 per 100 thousand population) turned to medical institutions of the region for anti-rabies care with bites, scratches, salivation.

Upon contact with wild animals, 26 people applied for anti-rabies help.

Cases of rabies among humans have not been registered in the Voronezh region since 2009.

To prevent the occurrence of rabies cases among humans, a number of rules must be followed:

- to purchase animals only in specialized organizations in the presence of veterinary examination;

- it is mandatory to vaccinate domestic and farm animals against rabies;

- avoid contact with stray animals, do not feed them by hand, do not stroke them;

- not to carry out the slaughter and destruction of dead farm and domestic animals on their own;

- it is mandatory to undergo preventive immunization against rabies for risk groups: veterinarians, hunters, foresters, rangers, etc.;

- immediately seek rabies care in case of bites, salivation and contact with an unknown animal.

On the epizootological situation with rabies in the Voronezh Region | News & Events | Department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Voronezh Region

As of 13 Mar 2026, Canadian public health authorities reported 178 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella infections linked to eating pistachios and pistachio products. Cases were found in Quebec (86), Ontario (66), British Columbia (14), Alberta (8), Manitoba (3), and New Brunswick (1). Twenty-five people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. Update on Salmonella outbreak in Canada linked to pistachios: 178 confirmed cases and 25 hospitalizations - BEACON

At least 10 to 12 people have fallen ill after eating anthrax beef at Chalnali village in Gurdaspur upazila of Natore. The cases had abscess-like wounds and swelling on their bodies. Three of them were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) as their condition was critical. Without providing medical treatment, some villagers slaughtered the sick cow and shared the meat. 12 fall ill after eating anthrax-infected beef in Natore

A 45-year-old woman from far northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province had been confirmed positive for H5N1 human avian influenza. Investigations revealed that the patient raised chickens and ducks, and some of her poultry fell ill and died. It was the second human case of bird flu so far this year after the first case was detected in mid-February.

After the first case of bird flu in domestic poultry in Montenegro, the presence of the avian influenza virus, subtype H5N1, in wild birds was also confirmed in Nikšić. The corpse of a magpie was found in Kočani, in the municipality of Nikšić, near the farm where the disease was confirmed in domestic poultry. https://www.gov.me/clanak/potvrden-slucaj-pticjeg-gripa-kod-divljih-ptica

Detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in birds in Europe have started to decline, following an autumn and winter period in which HPAI circulation in waterfowl reached its highest level in five years. According to the latest quarterly monitoring report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EU Reference Laboratory (EURL), the number of recorded outbreaks is higher overall than recent years for the same period. The risk for the general public remains low. https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/avian-influenza-detections-birds-decline-across-eu

Experts expect the tick season to begin in Russia at the end of March. Doctors also reminded people about protective measures and vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis. https://saint-petersburg.ru/news/2026/3/12/43102

The WHO has said the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading was low after three cases of infection were recently confirmed in India and Bangladesh

Later survey data showed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) exposure in one out of every four people and nine out of ten cattle.

Two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been detected, the Ministry of Health announced Wednesday. "These two cases were confirmed following suggestive symptoms and the possibility of a shared trip to the Arabian Peninsula"