Social Media Ideas for Disease Surveillance

Wildlife disease surveillance at global scale needs stronger local networks: Study

A recent study has proposed a road map for countries to better monitor wildlife health and disease outbreaks. Previous research found that nearly 60% of the 107 countries it survey...

Lessons Learned from Outbreaks: Publications and Reports from FDA's CORE+EP in FY 2025

FDA’s CORE+EP team conducts outbreak surveillance, investigation, mitigation, and post-response initiatives for products regulated by the Human Foods Program, including the analysi...

Ebola: FG Tightens Surveillance, Screening, Infected Woman Identified as Swiss Diplomat’s Wife

* Kenya Reports Second Death from the disease * WHO says source of infection remains unknown, calls for regional vigilance * Nigeria’s NCDC begins genomic sequencing *Edo sets up e...

Ogun boosts epidemic preparedness as group donates surveillance devices

Ogun State's capacity to detect and respond to disease outbreaks has received a boost following the donation of mobile surveillance devices by the Artificial Intelligence Applicati...

A real-time forecasting framework for emerging infectious diseases affecting animal populations

by Meryl Theng, Simin Lee, Andrew C. Breed, Sharon Roche, Emily Sellens, Catherine Fraser, Kelly Wood, Chris P. Jewell, Mark A. Stevenson, Chris Baker, Simon M. Firestone Infectio...

DHS S&T Augurs Major Investments to Modernize Biosurveillance

DHS S&T has made biosurveillance a top priority and plans new test sites, HSARPA hiring and AI prize challenges to modernize detection. The post DHS S&T Augurs Major Invest...

Digitalization of the Mandatory Notifications System for Infectious Diseases in Germany: Implementation of DEMIS (the Ge...

Background: Mandatory notifications of infectious diseases in Germany were paper based until the implementation of DEMIS (Deutsches Elektronisches Melde- und Informationssystem für...

Fungal Disease Awareness Week 2026: Protecting Indoor Environments Across Puerto Rico

Today marks the beginning of Fungal Disease Awareness Week (FDAW), observed September 14–18. Established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the annual observa...

Diphtheria: Benue heightens surveillance as cases rise across Nigeria

Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services has intensified disease surveillance and emergency preparedness as diphtheria cases continue to increase in different parts of the...

Concept-Aware Learning Framework for Detecting Common Symptoms in Social Media Text: Model Development and Evaluation St...

Background: Social media offers valuable information for public health surveillance, but detecting valid symptom expressions in noisy and informal text remains challenging. Fine-tu...

Ebola surveillance expands beyond DR Congo borders as IOM steps up efforts

As the Ebola outbreak in the DRC reaches unprecedented levels, disease surveillance is spreading beyond the country's borders. The International Organization for Migration tracks t...

PAHO Urges Caribbean to Prepare for Possible Dengue and Chikungunya Surge

Caribbean countries are being urged to strengthen disease monitoring and prepare their health services for […] The post PAHO Urges Caribbean to Prepare for Possible Dengue and Chik...

Avian influenza: new global framework links poultry disease control with wildlife and public health

FAO, WHO, WOAH and CMS call for faster exchange of surveillance data and sustained funding for prevention. Sharing surveillance data and virus samples more promptly is a priority i...

From Farm to Threat: Integrating Biosurveillance, Biointelligence, and Biosecurity (B3) into the Food Safety Enterprise—...

This article introduces Auburn University’s AU-BISR System, which is governed by a unifying Biosurveillance, Biointelligence, and Biosecurity (B3) operational architecture. AU-BISR...

From sequences to strategies: Early detection of new SARS-CoV-2 variants via genetic distance to reduce hospitalizations

by Marika D’Avanzo, Aung Pone Myint, Giacomo Cacciapaglia, Stefan Hohenegger, Francesco Conventi, Marta Nunes The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for robust method...

UK APHA Highlights Outcomes of Seven-Year Project to Bolster Global AMR Laboratory Capacities

In an effort to address the “silent pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a recently concluded UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)–FAO project has helped partners acros...

Leveraging synthetic and genetic data to improve epidemic forecasting

by Dave Osthus, Alexander C. Murph, Emma E. Goldberg, Lauren J. Beesley, William M. Fischer, Nidhi Parikh, Lauren A. Castro Forecasting infectious disease outbreaks is hard. Forec...

Ontario Seeking Hunters’ Help to Support Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance

Study Suggests Every $1 Spent on U.S. WGS Foodborne Pathogen Surveillance Generates $31 ROI

The researchers analyzed cost and sequencing-volume data from 23 FDA and FDA partner GenomeTrakr laboratories. Findings suggested that WGS-based genomic surveillance is a cost-effe...

Enugu begins surveillance at airport, council areas to curtail Ebola spread

An official explained that the intensified surveillance followed the recently confirmed case of Ebola in Abuja and the ongoing outbreak of the disease in parts of Africa. The post...

रोग निगरानी प्रणाली देशभर विस्तार हुँदै, तीन प्रदेशका स्थानीय तहलाई ३५४ ट्याब्लेट

काठमाडौं रोगको प्रकोप तथा महामारीको सूचना तत्काल संकलन, प्रवाह र विश्लेषण गरी नियन्त्रणका उपाय प्रभावकारी बनाउन स्वास्थ्य सेवा विभागले रोग निगरानी प्रणालीलाई देशभर विस्तार गर्ने भए...

PathogenDx, USDA-ARS Partner to Develop Test for High-Pathogenicity Salmonella

The project will evaluate the resulting assay's potential applications in relevant food matrices, including chicken, turkey, pork, and beef, with the broader objective of improving...

US monitoring suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia urging Moscow to share accurate information quickly

The State Department is monitoring reports of a suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia and is pressing Moscow to release accurate information quickly while key details rem...

CDC to Monitor Siberia Travelers Following Death at Russian Plague Institute

US health officials say the threat remains 'extremely low' following the unexplained death of a worker at a Russian plague research institute, but an earlier China-Russia infectiou...