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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...

The Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide

Some viruses appear to vanish when outbreaks dissipate, only to emerge again. Scientists don’t always know which animals they lurk in — and how to stop them from spilling back over...

New research suggests human actions could be driving increase in disease outbreaks

Infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. A new analysis finds human actions, from deforestation to climate change, are partly responsible.

EPA Extends Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance for the Marburg Virus

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...

Pathogens Found on Brazilian Citrus Fruit Present Emerging Food Safety Concerns

During the screening of lactic acid bacteria on limes grown near poultry farms, scientists in Brazil discovered the presence of two emerging pathogens with traits that raise concer...

Protecting Health in Puerto Rico: Zimmetry Environmental Recognizes International Infection Prevention Week

Zimmetry Environmental is recognizing International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), observed October 18–24, by highlighting the importance of infection prevention and environment...

The urgent mystery of where viruses hide

Everything comes from somewhere. Dangerous new viruses typically come from animals.Human influenza viruses? Those come from wild aquatic birds. Hantaviruses come from rodents. Mpox...

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...

New Disease Spreads in Florida, Emergencies Declared in Three Counties

Three counties in Florida have declared states of emergency over an outbreak of dengue fever. Pasco County, Hillsborough County, and Pinellas County each said in press releases tha...

EHD on the rise

Cattle ranchers and dairy farmers are finding that this disease is not just for deer anymore.

Demographic changes and behavioural responses shape vulnerability to infectious disease outbreaks

by Abbie Evans, William S. Hart, Eunok Jung, Kyeongah Nah, Karla Bonic-Babic, Sung-mok Jung, Robin N. Thompson Demographic shifts are reshaping population age structures worldwide...

Emerging Shamonda virus detected in Jersey cattle

A new midge-borne virus that has been infecting cattle across Europe has been detected in cattle in the British Isles. According to the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Ru...

Scientists flag Listeria as an emerging threat in Pakistan

Researchers have warned about a rise of Listeria infections in Pakistan and called for public health measures to control and prevent cases.Human listeriosis is not a notifiable dis...

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?

The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affectedA fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea...

FDA identifies two new outbreaks

Sources of pathogens have not been identified

Leveraging perturbations to infer the population dynamics of human rhinovirus and interaction of influenza A virus

by Wakinyan Benhamou, Emily Howerton, Sang Woo Park, Cécile Viboud, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell Many respiratory pathogens co-circulate within human populations. Yet,...

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...

InBios' Lyme Detectâ„¢ Multiplex ELISA Demonstrates Potential to Streamline Lyme Disease Testing in New UConn Health Stu...

UConn Health study reveals a single-step ELISA approach can streamline Lyme disease testing SEATTLE, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InBios International Inc., a leading devel...

New invasive tick virus detected in U.S

According to a report from The Hill, researchers have identified a new tick-borne virus tied to an invasive species that is already spreading across the United States — raising a q...

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...

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...

A Deadly Virus Has Been Hiding in Brazil for 142 Years – and Scientists Just Uncovered a Hidden Danger

Scientists have uncovered new clues about the evolution of a rare, deadly Brazilian virus that has circulated largely undetected for more than a century. A rare and deadly virus we...

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...