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India culls 20,000 birds after avian flu outbreak

Authorities in southern India have ordered the culling of more than 20,000 birds following an outbreak of avian influenza in the state of Kerala.

21 Mar 2026-10:38
UK races to control meningitis outbreak after two fatalities

The United Kingdom has declared a national incident due to the "unprecedented" spread of meningitis, which has resulted in the deaths of two young individuals.

18 Mar 2026-23:55
Two dead, 11 critically ill in Kent, UK meningitis outbreak

Two people have died from a meningitis outbreak, including a student from the University of Kent.

16 Mar 2026-19:34
Sudan declares end of cholera outbreak after 18 months

Sudan’s Ministry of Health has officially declared the country free of a cholera epidemic after an outbreak that lasted 18 months.

04 Mar 2026-16:31
Lesotho confirms FMD outbreak near border with South Africa

Lesotho’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the northern part of the country.

25 Feb 2026-14:59
Zambia declares polio outbreak after virus detection

Zambia on Tuesday declared a poliovirus outbreak in line with the International Health Regulations after samples collected from a wastewater treatment plant in the capital, Lusaka, tested positive for the virus.

25 Feb 2026-10:16
New Zealand confirms two new measles cases

Two new measles cases linked to overseas travel and originating from the same household have been confirmed in Auckland, just three weeks after New Zealand declared a previous outbreak over.

24 Feb 2026-14:32
WHO confirms Nipah death in Bangladesh

07 Feb 2026-15:21
Measles outbreaks rise throughout the Americas

05 Feb 2026-20:26
Experts warn but calm fears over India’s Nipah outbreak

India’s current Nipah virus outbreak, while “concerning and serious,” is neither unprecedented nor unexpected and does not constitute a global emergency, according to experts from the Global Virus Network (GVN).

03 Feb 2026-12:17

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