The second case of bird flu in Australia in three days has been confirmed, amid a dangerous global H5-strain outbreak. The new case was identified in a migratory seabird known as the northern giant petrel.

Both birds that tested positive were detected in an isolated area of Cape Le Grand National Park, near Esperance in the southern part of Western Australia, and both were cared for in isolation. Although bird flu has been detected in Australia before, this is the first this specific strain has been found.

The Australian Centre for Disease Control has said there is no concern for human infection frombird flu H5. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/officials-confirm-second-case-of-bird-flu-in-australia-in-three-days/news-story/2b293deb78b3e6ab6d49bbb074cd2a63

Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said in a statement late Sunday.

A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri province since it was declared on May 15, Congo’s Ministry of Health said.

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has killed more than 13,000 southern elephant seals after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists said Thursday.

Researchers found the remote Heard and McDonald Islands littered with seal carcasses when they arrived on a scientific expedition in October 2025.

Genetic tests confirmed that the H5 strain of bird flu had killed seals, penguins and birds that inhabit this rocky territory, in the first record of the virus in one of Australia's outer territories.

Southern elephant seal calves were the hardest hit by the outbreak, Australian Antarctic Program specialists said. In some seal breeding groups, mortality reached up to 97 percent.

Land and aerial surveys conducted between October 2025 and January 2026 counted the deaths of 13,300 elephant seal calves.

The virus enters the country through two main routes: from Africa via the southern Black Sea coast, and from Central and Eastern Europe via Hungary and Romania. Migratory birds and mosquitoes are the vectors.

Scientists have recorded the emergence of various genetic variants of the pathogen in Tatarstan, Moscow, Krasnodar Krai, Astrakhan, Rostov, Volgograd, and Oryol Oblasts.

The dominant virus subtype has been identified in 17 regions of Russia. The dominant strain, ABB.1.1, is actively expanding its range north and east. https://informpskov.ru/news/510630.html

The Central Zoo in Jawalakhel has been closed indefinitely after bird flu was confirmed in several birds and animals at the facility, zoo officials said on Friday. The virus has been confirmed in egrets, owls and vultures, as well as civets and leopard cats.


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Two cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) have been recorded in Erbil province in the Kurdistan Region, the Region’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, adding that both patients are from the same family and that one of them is in a perilous health state. “The infections resulted from slaughtering livestock inside their [patients’] home within the past two weeks, leading to direct exposure to an infected animal and the fluid secretions post-slaughter,” the ministry said in a statement.

A sample collected at Sha Tin’s Wo Che Market has tested positive for H9 avian flu after a two-year-old boy, who visited the wet market twice, contracted the virus. The Department of Health.

Hong Kong’s health authority said at a press conference on Monday that they were following the toddler’s infection.

The boy was diagnosed with the H9N2 bird flu virus last week after visiting the Wo Che Market twice in early June.

The Junta de Castilla y León, through Public Health, confirmed on Monday a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the province of Salamanca, diagnosed in a 68-year-old man who was transferred to the Gómez Ulla hospital in Madrid, a reference for these cases.

The man was treated at the university hospital of Salamanca, as detailed on Monday by the Ministry of Health, with a tick bite, and remains in stable condition, although with the clinical severity that this pathology implies and isolation and protection measures for health professionals provided for these situations.

The man's contacts have already been identified so that they can carry out the corresponding follow-up, which consists of periodically monitoring his body temperature and communicating any change in his health status to his reference epidemiologist.

A Santa Fe County woman has died from plaguethe first human case in New Mexico in 2026, the New Mexico Department of Health reports. The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reached out to close contacts of the woman and will conduct an environmental assessment to determine ongoing risk and confirm no other close contacts have symptoms consistent with plague.

Kerala health authorities have confirmed a Nipah virus case in a 43-year-old Kozhikode man, who remains on ventilator support. Officials have traced 77 contacts, including healthcare workers and family members, and placed those at high risk under quarantine. Containment efforts are underway, with the government urging public vigilance during the high-risk May–September season for transmission.

Kozhikode: Authorities in Kerala are on high alert after a 43-year-old man tested positive in a preliminary test for Nipah virus infection at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode. The hospital has sent samples to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for confirmation. https://www.india.com/news/india/kerala-on-alert-as-fresh-nipah-case-surfaces-43-year-old-man-tests-positive-in-kozhikode-8443456/

A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the US Department of Agriculture on Friday, emerging just miles from where the first US detection in decades was reported this week, reported Reuters.

The new case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch 5.6 miles (9 km) from the first positive case of screwworm in Texas, which the USDA confirmed on Wednesday.

The infection, which the USDA said was in a one-month-old calf, was reported earlier on Friday by Reuters, citing sources.

The USDA discovered the second infestation "after testing a number of suspect cases," the department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a press release. https://www.thedairysite.com/news/second-screwworm-case-confirmed-miles-from-first-texas-detection

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) in a bovine in Zavala County, Texas. NWS is a serious pest that affects livestock, pets, wildlife, and less commonly, people and birds. NWS larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage to livestock and economic losses. https://www.3tres3.com/en/latest_swine_news/new-world-screwworm-detected-in-the-united-states_22537/

A calf in southern Texas tested positive for the New World screwworm, the first instance of the deadly fly-borne parasite detected in U.S. livestock since 1966. The Agriculture Department confirmed late Wednesday that New World screwworm fly larvae were found in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. The flesh-eating parasite can be deadly to animals but isn't common among humans and isn't a food safety risk, the USDA said.Earlier this week a case was reported in the Mexican state of Coahuila, found in a goat 25 miles away from the border. Wednesday's finding represented the first U.S. case of any kind since 2016, when an outbreak occurred in the wild deer population in Florida.

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Uganda has confirmed six new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the ongoing outbreak to 15, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. According to the ministry's latest update on the outbreak, the six new cases were identified among contacts of previously confirmed patients. Twelve Ebola patients are currently hospitalized in treatment facilities, while two patients have been discharged after recovery, the ministry said. The East African country declared the latest Ebola outbreak in May after confirming two imported cases of the Ebola virus disease, including one death. Health authorities are currently monitoring 668 contact cases linked to those confirmed as part of efforts to contain the spread of the disease, according to the update. Charles Olaro, director general of health services at the Health Ministry, on Monday urged those with Ebola-like symptoms to get to health facilities quickly, saying the chances of survival are higher. Authorities have intensified contact tracing, surveillance and public awareness campaigns to curb transmission.

263 confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya said. More than 1,100 suspected cases are being investigated and 43 people are confirmed to have died as a result of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.

Spain on Monday confirmed a new hantavirus case among individuals under preventive quarantine. The case corresponds to a close contact identified as part of epidemiological monitoring. This is the second positive case among 14 Spanish nationals evacuated to Tenerife from the luxury liner MV Hondius. The ship was carrying approximately 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries.

• "Specialists of the Rospotrebnadzor department in the Astrakhan region are conducting an epidemiological investigation in connection with the detection of 7 cases of brucellosis among clergy and parishioners of one of the monasteries in the region. All patients are hospitalized and receive the necessary medical care," the report says.
• According to preliminary data from the epidemiological investigation, the cause of the disease was the consumption of raw goat's milk supplied from the monastery's subsidiary farm.
• Source link: Astrakhan residents who consumed monastery milk became infected with brucellosis - Astrakhan leaflet