[PREVIEW] Situation Report - September 18th 2026

Welcome back to episode 6 of the SitRep Join Dr. Merryn Foster-Roe for updates on the latest epidemiology and infectious disease news from around the world. This episode discusses Malaria in Mumbai and Frankfurt, Dengue in Florida and a home made chemical weapon scare in Michigan. Merryn provides updates on the world's largest ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh, a new haemorrhagic fever virus discovered in China, outbreaks of gastro linked to Indonesia's national free school meal initiative, Hepatitis C linked to a health care clinic in Taiwan, H5N1 Avian Influenza updates from Australia, Cyclospora in the US and the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC.

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