Stories

Tracked outbreak files

These are the current story files from the live newsdesk, linked into the umbrella site without losing their underlying reporting structure.

ECDC NewsUpdated May 19, 2026
Expanding Coverage

Ebola virus disease

New publisher/source coverage joined this story cluster: Ars Technica, HarianBasis.co, WPDE.

Africa / Democratic Republic of the Congo

PubMed Infectious Disease SearchUpdated May 19, 2026
Active Investigation

Avian influenza and H5N1

1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.

East Asia

Independent ObserverUpdated May 18, 2026
Expanding Coverage

Measles transmission and vaccination

1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.

Southeast Asia

ReutersUpdated May 19, 2026
Active Investigation

Hantavirus and cruise-ship outbreak

The lead item has changed to Britain gets experimental drug from Japan to bolster hantavirus response from Reuters.

East Asia / United Kingdom

CDC MMWRUpdated May 19, 2026
Expanding Coverage

Dengue and arboviruses

1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.

North America / United States

PubMed Historical Pathogen Case StudiesUpdated May 18, 2026
Official Follow-Up Only

Tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance

The lead item has changed to Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission. from PubMed Historical Pathogen Case Studies.

Cross-region / unassigned