[PREVIEW] Situation Report - October 2nd 2026

Welcome back to episode 7 of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest international epidemiology and infectious disease news. This episode starts with some updates from the Frankfurt Malaria outbreak, Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Thailand and DRC's Ebola outbreak including an attack on a politician. There are some new outbreaks to discuss, including a cluster of botulism (don't use black market Botox!), the biggest Anthrax outbreak we've covered yet and another outbreak of gastro linked to school meals. The rest of the episode focuses on mosquito borne disease, we discuss outbreaks and epidemics of West Nile Virus, Dengue (or 'break bone fever'), Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Chikungunya. Music as always by the brilliant Khabs - check out more of his amazing work here