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.
Health authorities identified the Bundibugyo type of Ebola amid conflict, displacement and limited medical infrastructure, complicating efforts to contain infections in eastern Congo and neighboring Uganda.
Spanish health authorities reported the country’s first case from the MV Hondius cluster as the World Health Organization counted 11 linked cases overall.
Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius began flying home after the ship anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms on the flight.
The remote South Atlantic island received medical reinforcements and supplies after a British national on board a virus-hit cruise ship developed symptoms and needed oxygen support.
Two seriously ill people and an asymptomatic close contact were removed from MV Hondius off Cape Verde as health authorities tracked a cluster whose confirmed count rose during the day.