Are you an official health authority?

No. OutbreakThreat aggregates and summarizes public notices. Always follow official agencies for mandates and medical decisions.

Why can data be incomplete?

Reporting delays, broad geographies, and differing case definitions mean signals are best treated as starting points with linked sources.

Sources & methodology

OutbreakThreat is designed as a signal aggregator: each item should trace back to an original publisher (for example WHO Disease Outbreak News, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, state or county health departments, USDA/USGS where relevant, or clearly labeled emerging corroboration).

Credibility tiers

Official — government agencies and established international public health bodies.
Emerging — reputable secondary synthesis or corroborated reporting; official confirmation may still be pending.
Chatter — weakly verified or single-source; hidden by default and not used for email alerts unless explicitly enabled by administrators.

Ingestion adapters (roadmap)

MVP ships with seed data and manual admin entry. Modular adapters are stubbed for incremental connection:

WHO_DON_ADAPTER
CDC_NNDSS_ADAPTER
CDC_WASTEWATER_ADAPTER
CDC_RESP_NET_ADAPTER
ECDC_ADAPTER
PAHO_ADAPTER
STATE_HEALTH_DEPT_ADAPTER
COUNTY_HEALTH_DEPT_ADAPTER
USDA_ANIMAL_DISEASE_ADAPTER
USGS_WILDLIFE_ADAPTER
FOODBORNE_ALERTS_ADAPTER
PROMED_OR_EMERGING_REPORTS_ADAPTER
REPUTABLE_NEWS_CORROBORATION_ADAPTER
MANUAL_ADMIN_SIGNAL_ADAPTER

FAQ

Are you an official health authority?: No. OutbreakThreat aggregates and summarizes public notices. Always follow official agencies for mandates and medical decisions.
Why can data be incomplete?: Reporting delays, broad geographies, and differing case definitions mean signals are best treated as starting points with linked sources.

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