A quarantined close contact tested positive during routine monitoring and was moved to a high-level isolation unit in Madrid, Spain’s Health Ministry said.
Extreme temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius have led to at least 16 confirmed heatstroke deaths in Telangana, prompting government health warnings.
A medical facility in Rwampara, Democratic Republic of Congo, was set ablaze by local residents on May 21, 2026, following a dispute over the handling of an alleged Ebola victim's body. The incident underscores growing tensions and mistrust surrounding public health measures in the region.
NBC News reports that an American being quarantined in Nebraska after hantavirus exposure wants to isolate at home, highlighting tension over how public health restrictions are being handled.
An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was diverted to Montreal after U.S. authorities said a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo should not have boarded.
Norwegian authorities say H5N5 bird flu was found in a polar bear in Svalbard, marking the first documented case of avian influenza in the species in Europe.
Health authorities in Taiwan say a man in his 20s in the north of the island has the first confirmed clade Ib mpox case, prompting calls for vaccination and vigilance.
Thailand’s disease-control officials are watching mpox clade Ib more closely after two cases were linked to close contact and sexual contact in crowded tourist areas.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the patient and spouse are in hospital isolation as officials monitor a wider group linked to the cruise ship outbreak.