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Biothreats Emergence, Analytics & Communications Network (BEACON): open source surveillance program based at @buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @bostonu.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social & @bostonchildrens.bsky.social Healthmap beaconbio.org
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 19h
Cape Verde, malaria, January–October 2025: Rising transmission risk during the rainy season

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ac6aa429-ea36-45c9-a009-c9ac012cd2e0&eventid=0a360439-ced8-4642-9214-5b13a9948029&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 19h
USA, California: Leptospirosis outbreak causing mass marine mammal die-off along coast in 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e3c52de8-86d4-4a7a-bfbe-bbca1de424d4&eventid=bf6aec65-1743-4ea1-804a-289d3c6a5f66&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 20h
Mexico, multiple states, hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak prompts class suspensions

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6e35d0dc-2f1e-4a75-bc5b-280d103ef8c4&eventid=3fd837bd-e965-4a7b-bfe7-affb66b87a65&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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buhaririinstitute.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social · 23h
Ready to use your data skills to advance health equity? Join us on October 18th for the School of Public Health Hackathon for Health Equity, hosted at the Hariri Institute!

Register now to secure your spot: spr.ly/63326AtLuq
Hackathon for Health Equity
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d
Hong Kong: Melioidosis detected in nonhuman primates at a city center zoo in October 2024

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c288ec70-7a09-4eba-b17a-1ecdc5a42395&eventid=3d474bd0-10f6-4da2-b6ef-337a0c11d6db&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/9/25-0823-t1
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d
Melioidosis, Hong Kong - 3 recent cases, 1 fatality, post-typhoon

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=81d58af9-2f5d-4d54-a972-2e229dd58bcd&eventid=8e782662-aecb-407d-85b1-f2ee23f95b45&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d
Foodborne Botulism, Italy

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5105c3f9-58f5-4e1d-a16b-2fbff4b12b2d&eventid=7e5b416e-0966-4d0e-867e-7790d3eb89c7&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d
Influenza. Thailand - Over 700,000 Cases and 61 Deaths

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d74b91ff-f25b-42b5-a7c6-6ce10846588f&eventid=f8da7d47-91f4-439e-9ce3-bf8cd1589053&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Thailand
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d
Japanese Encephalitis, Nepal - increase in cases and deaths

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7ff805a6-980f-46bd-925e-fee62aa8a7c7&eventid=e2a56b55-df54-4ab0-a2be-ab387277c69b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d
Measles outbreak, Mexico - cases increase to more than 4800 with 22 deaths amid spread across 25 states
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0f60e1a3-3ae4-40fd-840d-49e684dd439d&eventid=969c949e-a3d9-45df-9295-e37d92346030&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d
Measles, Israel - Seventh measles-related death

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=908bb94b-63fa-49cb-b1ff-cc592b9a62ac&eventid=92529282-5fac-4d13-a9fc-5233faf23a4f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d
Listeria outbreak, Stockholm, Sweden - follow up on case numbers, food and environmental testing results
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=82a0320f-faa3-4930-8e2e-8d974d7d64d8&eventid=63ace1f6-2005-48be-8edc-3cd9922d0162&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
Human New World screwworm infections in Honduras increase to 169 and expand to urban areas

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=eb43bb4a-3fbd-4b87-99b4-80e954633f8b&eventid=7a1ae0cb-6d86-4ea3-95cc-c1c141b3f696&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
Rift Valley fever outbreaks in multiple livestock species in Brakna region, Mauritania

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=76ac0210-ef80-41f4-98ab-706b913bfb3d&eventid=379194ae-83ec-4f1e-b669-428859906352&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
Human cutaneous anthrax case in Jalal-Abad Region Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan highlights endemic risk

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ae812276-7854-46cc-a6ba-2f093d86f9c7&eventid=b4f68d3e-4cab-4db6-b62f-d279c1211429&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Jalal Abad, Kyrgyzstan
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
Rift Valley fever outbreak in northern Senegal’s Saint-Louis Region: update on case numbers and genomic sequencing results
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1eadfd5c-f577-4598-940d-f2151522c0ea&eventid=af4e981f-8dec-4cef-899f-06995b647b0a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
Dengue cases in Quezon City, Philippines, are rising, with more than 8000 cases reported since the beginning of 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=25a2c489-dbfb-4c71-bed0-8a8dd98ae7f7&eventid=d2d9f196-17db-4c5a-8e0a-f7f0001076fc&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Quezon City Epidemiology & Surveillance Division, Notification
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 3d
If you missed our webinar, "Vaccine Hesitancy: Past, Present, and Future," with @busph.bsky.social yesterday, the full recording is now available on YouTube.
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Vaccine Hesitancy: Past, Present, and Future
This discussion explored vaccine hesitancy in the United States amidst the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. How can those in public health better communicate with populations about the effectiveness of vaccines, combat misinformation and disinformation about vaccines, and better understand communities that may be hesitant to receive vaccines? This event was cohosted with BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) and BUSPH Politics & Health Lab.
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 3d
The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province, DRC, is showing positive signs of decline, with no new cases reported for 10 consecutive days
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=76765982-7a97-490e-96c2-6de082e5c93f&eventid=bc2748bc-fa2f-4aad-894b-919de2e1052f&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
Detection of HPAI (H5) in backyard poultry in Buenos Aires province, Argentina

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1b8b21e1-c0f2-4962-aa98-48ec4010ec8e&eventid=17b9bafc-3662-4dd7-9411-5e00209f5346&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
Pasteurellosis outbreak leads to mass mortality in domestic poultry in Kyzylzhar district, Kazakhstan
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=552fe725-92ec-4413-a58e-f370800e4a10&eventid=82f0d9b4-6235-421e-98ba-b50173d4f272&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
Kyrgyzstan has recorded 8800 confirmed cases of measles since the beginning of 2025; new cases are declining
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=babcfb5f-0d3f-4cf0-afe8-43bdbf3315a7&eventid=38540ab7-f06d-44f0-89cf-4fa708ffa1bb&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
Child deaths linked to diethylene glycol from contaminated cough syrup have increased to 20 in Madhya Pradesh; government response underway
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=7f9a93f5-b462-4f5e-9a05-86f1fcf548af&eventid=f11e5e0e-5356-4cce-95d9-72e51086db19&utm_source=bluesky
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
Rift Valley fever, Mauritania: widespread livestock impact with 19 outbreaks reported across eight wilayas
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=665b4844-e0f3-4ad0-b142-ff2d9caf9bad&eventid=379194ae-83ec-4f1e-b669-428859906352&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
RVF outbreak locations across Mauritania
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 4d
10 reported cases of Ralstonia mannitolilytica across different hospitals in Costa Rica raise concerns about a contaminated common source
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=475d98bc-43c5-4b07-882a-6a402a86384a&eventid=a4e88044-cd30-421a-8e4a-cf92b06ba7c3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social