Author: Charley Naney
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Trump Moves to Further Weaken Endangered Species Act
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/climate/endangered-species-act-change.html
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Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Scrub typhus, Nepal – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Fiji declares national HIV emergency – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Michigan and Wisconsin, USA: Epizootic hemorrhagic disease; multi-county outbreak in white-tailed deer exceeds prior-year baselines – BEACON
EHDV — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Malaria, Germany – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Fourth measles associated death reported in Pennsylvania, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1): Multi-species wildlife outbreak spanning six states, with first detections in Australian sea lions and pelicans, Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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South Korea issues early influenza epidemic warning as illness and hospitalizations rise ahead of vaccination rollout – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: Avian influenza A(H9N2) case reported in two-year-old boy with poultry exposure – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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15 Sep 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease cases in DRC increase to 7258 with spread to a seventh province, South Ubangi – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Malaysia reports increases of 67% in dengue cases and 94% in deaths as of September 2026 compared with the same period in 2025 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Ongoing detections of HPAI in poultry reported in the USA in August and September 2026 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Nationwide increase in human rabies exposures in USA; guidance on correct administration of post-exposure prophylaxis – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Many New Nuclear, Toxic Metal, and Carcinogen Exposures to Follow Trump Ending EPA Regulations at Power Plants
Set the clock today to all future Trump point source plumes of pollution to portend.
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Foot and mouth disease, China – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Syphilis, Japan – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Repost: Trump Tyranny Tracker | Day 595: Sept. 10, 2026
Welcome to today’s Trump Tyranny Tracker… ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏…
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Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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RFI: Anthrax outbreak with 13 suspected human cases, two human deaths, and 20 dead animals in Grand’Anse, Haiti – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5) in backyard birds in Colonia Department, Uruguay: National health emergency declared – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) confirmed in backyard ducks in Cao Bang Province, Viet Nam; flock of 3000 culled – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) confirmed in backyard poultry in Los Ríos Region, Chile; sanitary control zone established – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Influenza, Pacific Ocean region – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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First case of anthrax in 2026 in South Dakota, USA, confirmed in a beef cattle herd – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Possible is not Proven: Let the evidence of SARS-CoV-2 orgin prevent future Pandemics
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html According to the CDC, COVID-19 was the second-leading cause of death among Americans aged 25–44 and the third-leading cause among those aged 45–64 and 65 and older in 2021. Overall, COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in the United States that year. Six years later, the American President’s photograph appears on an official…
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Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Avian influenza, China – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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African swine fever, Spain – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Majuro, Marshall Islands, Dengue fever outbreak: DENV-1 confirmed, 40 cases with active community transmission – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Avian influenza, Chile – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Concurrent wildlife rabies cases in USA and evidence of persistent underdiagnosis in humans – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in a child with exposure to live poultry markets in Anhui Province, China – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Novel reassortant Shuni/Shamonda orthobunyavirus detected in fatal equine neurologic disease and in Culicoides midges in South Africa – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Japan reports early onset of influenza season in late August, second-earliest since 1999 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First detections of HPAI (H5N1) in dolphins and foxes in South Australia signal multispecies spillover; Macquarie Island evacuation – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Dengue, Kenya – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Measles, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Rabies, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Over 65 000 suspected cholera cases reported in Nigeria as of August 2026, with risk of continued transmission during the rainy season – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case reported in Vienna, Austria; travel-associated importation from the Middle East – BEACON
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RIP Wendell Berry, You Have Always Been Household Name in My House😢
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/wendell-berry-dead.html
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23 Aug 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease: 5290 confirmed cases and 2516 deaths in DRC, 100 days into response – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Increasingly We Will Find Climate Change is the Why, Especially When it Comes to Water and State Changes
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/climate/nepal-flooding-climate-change.html Please note: As temperatures continue to rise, added thermal energy can destabilize environmental states that have long constrained the movement of water and material. In glaciated mountains, melting ice, thawing permafrost, and declining structural stability can transform relatively constrained landscapes into increasingly dynamic systems of runoff, erosion, sediment transport, and mass movement. Therein…
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Measles, Peru – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Syphilis in Chile reaches decade-high notification rate in 2025; sharpest relative rise in adults over 60 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N5) detected in a second polar bear in Svalbard, Norway; ongoing multispecies Arctic spillover – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b detected in fetal bovine serum — biosafety implications for cell culture, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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HPAI (H5N1) epizootic expands to penguins, seabirds, and a red fox across multiple states, Australia – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Legionnaires’ disease cluster reported in Linz, Austria with 31 cases and three deaths; source investigation ongoing – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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RFI: More than 50 suspected diphtheria deaths reported in children in Kano, Nigeria. RFI on case numbers and diagnostic testing – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Legionellosis, Canada – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Trump’s Reign of Terror Will End, TPS for Haitians Will Be Restored—Some Philanthropists and Journalists Should Follow These Families Back in Haiti, Document How Many Lives Are Lost
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/haiti-deportation-flights.html On these crimes against innocent people alone Trump could be convicted at the next Nuremberg trial someday soon in cities all over the U.S..
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Emergency Powers to Pick Who Votes in the Democracy
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballots.html
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Decade-high weekly hospitalization rate for severe respiratory illness in New Zealand amid A(H3N2) subclade K and other respiratory viruses – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First confirmed HPAI (H5N1) infection in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia marks mammalian spillover – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Second human case of influenza A(H1N2) variant (swine flu) reported in an individual who attended an agricultural fair in Michigan, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Leptospirosis, Philippines – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Fatal suspected case of respiratory diphtheria in an unvaccinated child and a linked pediatric case under investigation in Palermo, Italy – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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23 Aug 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease: 5290 confirmed cases and 2516 deaths in DRC, 100 days into response – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Confirmed measles cases in the USA increase to 2777 cases across 47 jurisdictions, exceeding full-year 2025 total – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Six European regions reported locally acquired human West Nile Virus infections for the first time ever, with geographic expansion but lower severity metrics among human infections – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 150,652 suspected cases and 938 deaths across all eight divisions – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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First confirmed autochthonous human case of eastern equine encephalitis in Michigan, USA, since 2021 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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West Nile virus (WNV) in four Spanish regions: 63 human cases and equine/bird outbreaks; first horse detections in the Canary Islands – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Further increase in diarrheal illness in Yangon, Myanmar, with approximately 500 hospitalized and nine cholera infections confirmed – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Multistate Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts reaches 55 cases across 15 US states – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Rabies-infected dog at Yarkon Park in Ramat Gan; human exposures and geographic spread into central Israel – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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More than 373 000 malaria cases and 106 deaths reported in Ituri Province, DRC; mass drug administration campaign launched – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Human case of influenza A(H9N2) virus infection reported in Yunnan, China, in a child <5 years of age with poultry exposure - BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Peru reports 42 440 dengue cases, a 41% year-over-year increase, amid Coastal El Niño conditions in northern departments – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Dominican Republic reports 260 confirmed cases of leptospirosis and 19 deaths; cumulative incidence 172% higher than in 2025 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Third rabies-positive beaver detected in Maryland following child bite, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Wildlife rabies cases with spillover to a domestic dog in Texas, USA – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Mozambique’s measles outbreak surpasses 2500 cases, four deaths across five provinces amid vaccination coverage gaps – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Expanding HPAI (H5N1) epizootic in Australia, with 290 events across six states and mass seabird mortality – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Leptospirosis, Philippines – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/event
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Top German General Says Russia Is Probing NATO Defenses With Hybrid Attacks – WSJ
Kremlin is preparing for wider war as it fights in Ukraine, Gen. Carsten Breuer says; explosive drone defused at German airport — Read on www.wsj.com/world/europe/top-german-general-says-russia-is-probing-nato-defenses-with-hybrid-attacks-18597d36
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RFI: Influenza-like illness cluster with two confirmed H1N1 cases at a school in Bengaluru, India. RFI on case details and diagnostics – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Zamboanga City dengue epidemic reaches 1635 cases and 14 deaths amid sustained elevated transmission – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Measles in North Kivu and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: more than 54 000 suspected cases amid concurrent Ebola and cholera emergencies – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Locally acquired asymptomatic human case of West Nile virus (WNV) detected in a blood donor in the Netherlands; first human case since 2020 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Chikungunya cases in Nicaragua increase to 1384; underreporting suspected – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Chikungunya cases in Bahia, Brazil, increase to 8117, more than four times the number reported during the same period in 2025 – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Chandipura virus cases increase in Gujarat, India, with 41 confirmed cases and 27 deaths reported – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, including one death, in Yumbe, Uganda, a district outside the established cattle corridor – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Chikungunya transmission in French Guiana reaches 1418 confirmed cases across multiple sectors – BEACON
Chikungunya — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Japanese encephalitis in Nepal causes nine deaths among 46 cases ahead of seasonal peak – BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/
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Second confirmed human case of Powassan virus disease in 2026 reported in Newport County, Rhode Island, USA – BEACON
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New wild boar detections of African swine fever confirmed in Virolahti municipality, Finland, prompting expansion of the restricted area – BEACON
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10 autochthonous dengue cases in non-endemic Tampa Bay, Florida: Eight in Hillsborough County and two in Pinellas County – BEACON
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