Author: Charley Naney
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RFI: Anthrax outbreak with 13 suspected human cases, two human deaths, and 20 dead animals in Grand’Anse, Haiti – BEACON
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HPAI (H5) in backyard birds in Colonia Department, Uruguay: National health emergency declared – BEACON
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HPAI (H5N1) confirmed in backyard ducks in Cao Bang Province, Viet Nam; flock of 3000 culled – BEACON
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HPAI (H5N1) confirmed in backyard poultry in Los Ríos Region, Chile; sanitary control zone established – BEACON
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Influenza, Pacific Ocean region – BEACON
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First case of anthrax in 2026 in South Dakota, USA, confirmed in a beef cattle herd – BEACON
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Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France – BEACON
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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
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Avian influenza, China – BEACON
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African swine fever, Spain – BEACON
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Majuro, Marshall Islands, Dengue fever outbreak: DENV-1 confirmed, 40 cases with active community transmission – BEACON
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Avian influenza, Chile – BEACON
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Concurrent wildlife rabies cases in USA and evidence of persistent underdiagnosis in humans – BEACON
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Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France – BEACON
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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
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Novel reassortant Shuni/Shamonda orthobunyavirus detected in fatal equine neurologic disease and in Culicoides midges in South Africa – BEACON
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Japan reports early onset of influenza season in late August, second-earliest since 1999 – BEACON
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First detections of HPAI (H5N1) in dolphins and foxes in South Australia signal multispecies spillover; Macquarie Island evacuation – BEACON
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Dengue, Kenya – BEACON
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Measles, USA – BEACON
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Rabies, USA – BEACON
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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
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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
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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
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Syphilis in Chile reaches decade-high notification rate in 2025; sharpest relative rise in adults over 60 – BEACON
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HPAI (H5N5) detected in a second polar bear in Svalbard, Norway; ongoing multispecies Arctic spillover – BEACON
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HPAI A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b detected in fetal bovine serum — biosafety implications for cell culture, USA – BEACON
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HPAI (H5N1) epizootic expands to penguins, seabirds, and a red fox across multiple states, Australia – BEACON
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Legionnaires’ disease cluster reported in Linz, Austria with 31 cases and three deaths; source investigation ongoing – BEACON
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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
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Legionellosis, Canada – BEACON
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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
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First confirmed HPAI (H5N1) infection in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia marks mammalian spillover – BEACON
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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
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Leptospirosis, Philippines – BEACON
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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
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23 Aug 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease: 5290 confirmed cases and 2516 deaths in DRC, 100 days into response – BEACON
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Confirmed measles cases in the USA increase to 2777 cases across 47 jurisdictions, exceeding full-year 2025 total – BEACON
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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
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Measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 150,652 suspected cases and 938 deaths across all eight divisions – BEACON
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First confirmed autochthonous human case of eastern equine encephalitis in Michigan, USA, since 2021 – BEACON
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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
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Further increase in diarrheal illness in Yangon, Myanmar, with approximately 500 hospitalized and nine cholera infections confirmed – BEACON
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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
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Rabies-infected dog at Yarkon Park in Ramat Gan; human exposures and geographic spread into central Israel – BEACON
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More than 373 000 malaria cases and 106 deaths reported in Ituri Province, DRC; mass drug administration campaign launched – BEACON
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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
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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
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Dominican Republic reports 260 confirmed cases of leptospirosis and 19 deaths; cumulative incidence 172% higher than in 2025 – BEACON
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Third rabies-positive beaver detected in Maryland following child bite, USA – BEACON
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Wildlife rabies cases with spillover to a domestic dog in Texas, USA – BEACON
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Mozambique’s measles outbreak surpasses 2500 cases, four deaths across five provinces amid vaccination coverage gaps – BEACON
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Expanding HPAI (H5N1) epizootic in Australia, with 290 events across six states and mass seabird mortality – BEACON
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Leptospirosis, Philippines – BEACON
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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
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Zamboanga City dengue epidemic reaches 1635 cases and 14 deaths amid sustained elevated transmission – BEACON
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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
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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
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Chikungunya cases in Nicaragua increase to 1384; underreporting suspected – BEACON
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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
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Chandipura virus cases increase in Gujarat, India, with 41 confirmed cases and 27 deaths reported – BEACON
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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
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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
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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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HPAI (H5N1) in wild birds: 239 events across six Australian states; little penguins affected on Phillip Island, Victoria – BEACON
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COVID-19 and influenza cluster reported among 194 alternative service recruits at Chenggongling Training Center, Taichung, Taiwan – BEACON
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Nationwide summer wave of COVID-19 (NB.1.8.1) in China reaches peak plateau, with 21.2% sentinel positivity – BEACON
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Sweden reports 10 suspected measles cases linked to a music festival; EU notification issued – BEACON
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Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for frontline health workers and faster delivery of resources…
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Great introduction to Forest Castes in India and Why they are Vulnerable
www.researchgate.net/publication/398071876_Cultural_Beliefs_and_Demographic_Change_A_Study_of_Population_Decline_Among_the_Baiga_Tribe Taboos, Risk Factors, Susceptibility Doors Access barriers to prenatal care. Low vaccination. Limited clinical medicine. Climate and food systems drive infant mortality. Displacement from native forests. Deforestation. High childhood malnutrition. Women do not have agency over fertility. Convergence on demographic tipping point and evolutionary bottlenecks coupled with decreasing life expectancies due to external mortality.…
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Great Report on Baiga Tribe Diet Knowledge Attitudes and Practices
www.researchgate.net/publication/405670497_Exploring_Indigenous_Dietary_Practices_and_Baseline_Nutrition_Knowledge_Attitudes_and_Practices_KAP_in_the_Baiga_Tribe_of_Central_India
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RFI: Approximately 100 pediatric illnesses, seven deaths, in Baiga tribal area, Madhya Pradesh, India; etiology pending. RFI on diagnostics – BEACON
Baiga are classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Madhya Pradesh — Read on beaconbio.org/en/report/ Need for sentinel surveillance systems for local Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) and please tell me someone working this investigation has Nanopore sequencers. This is the kind of Epidemiology that keeps TEH up at night BTW. Nothing about…
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Dengue transmission in Bangladesh continues to increase, with cases exceeding 21 500 and deaths rising to 63 – BEACON
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Measles outbreak linked to pediatric emergency department reported in Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, with six cases – BEACON
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Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria reaches 1000 confirmed cases, including 53 health workers, with 237 deaths across 116 LGAs – BEACON
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First confirmed mpox clade l case in San Diego County, California, USA, in a returning traveler from Western Europe – BEACON
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First HPAI (H5N1) detection in a brown skua in Tasmania — virus now confirmed across six Australian states, Australia – BEACON
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13 Aug 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease: 4566 confirmed cases and 2128 deaths in DRC; evidence points to months of undetected transmission – BEACON
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Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case reported in Afghanistan, bringing total cases to 16 in 2026; southern provinces most affected – BEACON
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First detections of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) in sheep mark historic northward spread in Scotland, UK – BEACON
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Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, reports 25 774 dengue cases amid sustained rainy-season transmission – BEACON
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New human case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever reported in Salamanca, Spain; third case in the province and fourth in Spain in 2026 – BEACON
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