Next year’s rollout of Epi+, a multilingual event-based surveillance platform designed to help countries detect and assess emerging public health threats, is coming closer as ECDC and Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) hold training this week for 40 national epidemiologists and technical experts in Rome.

Strong laboratory capacity is the backbone of Europe’s preparedness in the face of increasing communicable disease threats, said ECDC on the occasion of today’s European Laboratory Day, celebrated every year on 5 November to recognise the essential contribution of laboratory professionals across Europe.

As the season for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory diseases approaches, a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) indicates that universal immunisation of newborns against RSV could substantially reduce hospitalisations among infants linked to the disease during the winter season.

The first cycle of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessments (PHEPAs) coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has shown a strong commitment to emergency preparedness across Europe, with a number of common challenges remaining.

As the season for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory diseases approaches, a new report [LINK] from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) indicates that universal immunisation of newborns against RSV could substantially reduce hospitalisations among infants linked to the disease during the winter season.

Following the emergence of Ebola disease in Kenya and Nigeria, and with the situation in the DRC remaining serious, ECDC is increasing its efforts to support investigations and local response by sending a team of ECDC experts to Nigeria.

With cases of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus recently detected in Kenya and Nigeria, ECDC reiterates the low risk for Europe while highlighting the need for preparedness.

Since May 2026, an Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus has been ongoing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

As the colder months approach in Europe, respiratory infections including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, COVID-19, pneumococcal disease and others can lead to serious illness and increase the burden on healthcare services throughout Europe.

As the colder months approach in Europe, respiratory infections including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, COVID-19, pneumococcal disease and others can lead to serious illness and increase the burden on healthcare services throughout Europe.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is carefully monitoring the situation after the French authorities announced the first ever reported human infection with Shamonda virus (SHAV), a disease that has until now only affected animals.

A three-day training workshop organised by ECDC and WHO/Europe and hosted by the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) brought together participants from the EU and a number of accession countries to strengthen their national Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and to ensure they operate in line with EU and international standards.

With the EU experiencing its most intense West Nile virus season to date and detections of the virus in new areas further north in Europe, ECDC calls for sustained prevention, surveillance and mosquito control.

Following the reported death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk, Russia, from pneumonia that is suspected to be pneumonic plague, ECDC is closely monitoring the situation. 

A worldwide epidemiological summary of the countries most affected by cholera.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of dengue in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

An EU-led mission of experts to Albania this week will identify priority gaps, define areas for further action and support the strengthening of national responses to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country.

A healthcare worker from Europe based in the DRC who tested positive for Bundibugyo virus on 29 September has been medically evacuated to receive specialised care.

The report brings together surveillance data on hepatitis A from EU candidate countries.

With the Ebola disease situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) still critical, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is deploying experts to DRC to increase support at the epicentre of the outbreak.