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Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak - New Zealand News Beep A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak

Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak

https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/273432/

Aedes aegypti mosquitos spreading the dengue virus between people, people in the Cook Islands, including tourists, have been…

CDC issues travel notice for Suriname due to chikungunya outbreak The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice (Level 2 - Practice Enhanced Precautions) for Suriname, on the northeastern coast of South America, because of an ongoing ch...

🦟" #CDC issues travel notice for #Suriname due to #chikungunya #outbreak" via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

U.S. tax dollars backed the effort to wipe out neglected tropical diseases for 20 yrs. Many countries eliminated 1 disease, and were tantalizingly close on others. Then the U.S. walked away – jeopardizing all that investment, with diseases poised to come roaring back www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

🪰 "‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in #Africa, Health Officials Fear." - captivating article by @stephanienolen.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the impact of US aid cuts on people's lives in #Cameroon.

#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

Mechanistic Modeling of Aedes aegypti Mosquito Habitats for Climate‐Informed Dengue Forecasting Dengue risk is influenced by climate—which impacts Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites—but its mechanistic pathways remain understudied We used a mechanistic modeling pipeline to simulate clima...

🦟 New mechanistic model links climate → mosquito habitat → dengue risk.

🌧️ Applied to Sri Lanka, it shows climate drivers of Aedes vary by location, but weather signals carry through to dengue.

DOI: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Yasanayake, C. N. et al

#Dengue #GeoHealth

🦟 🦠 Notre équipe du laboratoire "Génomique Évolutive, Modélisation et Santé" (GEMS) @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @pasteur.fr a identifié un gène clé impliqué dans la sensibilité du #moustique Aedes aegypti au #virus de la #dengue www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

Stage-dependent trade-offs in thermal performance: fluctuating temperatures reverse larval and adult fitness in Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii Abstract. Temperature is a key environmental factor influencing the development, survival, and transmission potential of malaria vectors. While most labora

Our new paper! 🦟❄️🔥
Stage‑dependent trade-offs in thermal performance under fluctuating temperatures
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jme/...
Fluctuating temperatures flip larval vs adult fitness in the #malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae & An. coluzzii.
By @mauropazmino.bsky.social & others @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟"
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...

Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge. Here are several wonderful podcasts worth checking out!

Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts

Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge

Here is my new list of podcasts worth checking out!

communities.springernature.com/posts/democr...

Poster for the vent. Text reads 'Building out Aedes mosquitoes: Eliminating dengue as an urban threat - a preliminary report from the Lancet Arboviruses Commission.'

As urban populations grow & the climate warms, a @lshtm.bsky.social RAFT webinar explores how @thelancet.com’s Arbovirus Commission’s Building Out Aedes framework aims to help eliminate mosquito habitats & protect communities from diseases like dengue, Zika & more.

Join here: bit.ly/RAFTroadmapw...

📢 @who.int EPI-WIN #webinar:
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟

Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)

www.who.int/news-room/ev...

#job Research Technician with Luke Alphey within @biologyatyork.bsky.social to develop piRNA-based antiviral effects in the mosquito Aedes aegypti to reduce harm caused by pest insects. Apply by 16/02/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

A photographic plate of Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)

🦟 This week, discover the unique ornaments of Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) ⬇️!
Explore details and distribution on GBIF🌱: https://www.gbif.org/species/1651525 .
Fascinating diversity of #mosquitoes !

Photos by @nil-rahola.bsky.social

#Entomology #Biodiversity 🧪🌐

📢 @who.int #webinar announcement: "Impact of the #Sudan 🇸🇩 conflict on #vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs) and pathways forward" 🦟 🕷️ 🪰

16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)

www.who.int/news-room/ev...

Don't forget to submit your abstract if you would like to present at the UK VBD Conference 2026! There are opportunities for standard talks, short “quick-fire” talks and posters across all themes. Submission deadline is Friday 28th February 2026. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS

5 weeks left to submit your abstract if you would like to present at the UK VBD Conference 2026 in Liverpool! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS

We are delighted to announce registration is now open for the seventh UK Vector-Borne Diseases Conference. 31st March-1st April 2026. Register here: bit.ly/48ZQ7ee

Really looking forward to this - a great opportunity to present new findings from our @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social and hear about the latest developments in vector-borne disease research in the UK. Please share 🦟

Figure 2 from pre-print by Georgia Kirby et al, BioxRiV , 2026 - Presenting results on the aistribution and associated wetland habitats of the most abundant adult mosquito species. On the left of figure is Panel A. A mao showing the distribution of adult-stage species throughout mainland Scotland. Trap sites within a 10-mile radius are aggregated. Panel B. Allocation of common adult-stage species by wetland type. Ribbon width indicates abundance.

Happy to share new preprint led by Dr Georgia Kirby, with results from survey of #mosquitoes across Scotland
➡️ Mosquitoes were common & widely distributed
➡️ 16 different species, including some known vectors of historical malaria and emerging arboviruses

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰

The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.

www.who.int/publications...

Oropouche virus research and development roadmap The Roadmap outlines key knowledge gaps across four themes: vector research, virology and pathogenesis, serology and diagnostics, and animal models, vaccines and therapeutics.

📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰

The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.

www.who.int/publications...

Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses

Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS : PhD in Innovative Monitoring Tools for Refined Vector and Pathogen Surveillance in Cameroon - CRID CRID is recruiting a PhD student in medical entomology and vector-borne disease surveillance to conduct research on arboviruses in Cameroon

📢 Looking for a #PhD? CRIDCam is recruiting a PhD student in medical #entomology 🦟 and #vector-borne disease surveillance to conduct research on #arboviruses in #Cameroon, under supervision of Basile Kamgang.

Application deadline 24 January 2026!

More information:
crid-cam.com/call-for-app...

Cuba reports more than 50,000 chikungunya cases in 2025 According to UN health authorities, there were 51,217 total chikungunya cases reported in 2025, including nearly 2,000 confirmed cases.

#Cuba 🇨🇺 reports more than 50,000 #chikungunya cases in 2025 🦟
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak... via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy

🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️

👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org

New research in #RESMedVetEnt

Transposable elements in the #transcriptome of #Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70040

#TransposableElements #InsectVectors #VectorControl
@wileyeco.bsky.social

What's driving major outbreaks of #chikungunya in new regions?

In this episode of LSHTM Viral Doris Kemunto discusses symptoms & strains of the #mosquito borne virus & growing #PublicHealth concerns that #ClimateChange could be a main cause.🎧

pod.link/1497329104/e...

We're delighted to co-host this exciting event at @lshtm.bsky.social presenting case studies of community responses to climate & other #humanitarian crises from across the globe 🌍

🗓️ Save the date for 28 Jan!
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

A photographic plate of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823

🦟 This week, discover the unique ornaments of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 ⬇️!
Explore details and distribution on GBIF🌱: https://www.gbif.org/species/1652950 .
Fascinating diversity of #mosquitoes !

Photos by @nil-rahola.bsky.social

#Entomology #Biodiversity 🧪🌐

Une planche photographique de Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823

🦟 Cette semaine, découvrez les ornementations uniques de Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 ⬇️!
Voir les détails et la distribution sur le GBIF🌱: https://www.gbif.org/species/1652950 .
Fascinante diversité des #moustiques !

Photos de @nil-rahola.bsky.social

#Entomologie #Biodiversité