The director of Oxfam in Southern Africa is reporting Zambia and Zimbabwe are both struggling to contain the cholera crisis, exacerbated by lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Zambia has reported ~8,000 cases and ~600 de

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have reported 520 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections across 10 countries, with no connection yet established between the cases.

Timor-Leste is battling triple outbreaks of dengue, zika and chikungunya mosquito diseases.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported receiving 319 notifications of suspected cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in the past week with the total of cases this year now 979, 20 times higher than the same time last year.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are alerting residents and travellers of an increase in Oropouche fever cases in some parts of the Americas region.

Health authorities are warning of a surge in Ross river cases over the coming weeks, after concerns of high levels of Ross river virus detected in mosquitos across the state. 64 cases have been reported in Queensland this year.

Epidemiologists from the Alaska Department of Health have documented a fatality from infection with Alaskapox virus, a newly identified orthopox virus recognised in 2015.

Chad, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Sudan have reported new polio cases. All cases were involved in vaccine-derived poliovirus.

The United States has reported an alarming steady rise in syphilis infections, from the latest yearly data update on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) report.

Viruses spreading across the state of Queensland have been intensified by the return to school and work after the summer holidays. The current COVID wave began in October with subvariant JN.1 the dominant strain