Author: Stefanie Neumann
USA Today: What’s going on with COVID? The latest on strains, cases, symptoms.
Just as Americans are dealing with the tail end of the “summer surge,” the fast-approaching respiratory illness season has COVID-19 on the minds of health care providers once again.
Sep 21, 2026
ABC News: Scientists warn of weakening health systems and urge stronger outbreak detection
West African laboratory scientists are urging governments to strengthen their capacity to detect disease outbreaks to prevent another major crisis.
Sep 21, 2026
DW: DR Congo outbreak not slowing, MSF warns
Doctors Without Borders has warned against premature optimism amid the DRC’s largest-ever Ebola outbreak. “The outbreak is not shrinking, it is moving,” an MSF official said, entering new and more underprepared regions.
Sep 21, 2026
Medical Daily: Three More Minnesota Poultry Flocks Test Positive for H5N1 as Fall Waterfowl Migration Brings Virus South
Minnesota animal health officials have confirmed highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at three more commercial poultry operations, adding about 118,000 birds to the state’s fall total during the weeks when ducks and geese begin moving south.
Sep 21, 2026
Mongabay: H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia
H5N1 avian influenza is spreading rapidly across southeastern Australia owing to infected wild bird species, including little penguins, magpies, crested terns and pelicans.
Sep 21, 2026
CBS News: Possible measles exposure reported at Philadelphia International Airport not related to CHOP case
Health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport last weekend.
Sep 21, 2026
DW: Frankfurt Airport workers die after malaria infection
An unusual cluster of malaria cases at Frankfurt Airport infected six employees, two fatally. Mosquitos brought in on an aircraft are thought to have caused the infections.
Sep 15, 2026
NDTV LifeLine: Dengue Cases Rise In Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi: What Is Driving The Spike?
Dengue can change over the course of the illness, so people who have been diagnosed or are strongly suspected to have dengue should follow medical advice regarding follow-up and monitoring.
Sep 15, 2026
The Telegraph: Asia on high alert as El Niño threatens new dengue epidemic
Higher temperatures mean more mosquitoes, and with them will come a new surge in “break-bone” fever, say experts.
Sep 15, 2026
Seattle Times: Ticks turn routine fall yard work into a health risk
Cooler weather sends homeowners outside to rake leaves, clear brush and close gardens after a long summer. Those routine fall chores can also put them in the grassy, brushy and wooded places where ticks live.
Sep 15, 2026