A comprehensive review of 373 studies has identified 22 viruses present in human semen post-infection, including several with pandemic potential.
Recent detections of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in wastewater have raised global concern, though no cases of paralysis have been reported.
An outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is linked primarily to malaria, with preliminary analyses showing 10 of 12 samples infected.
A major biosecurity breach has occurred in Australia, with hundreds of vials containing live viral agents going missing from a Queensland laboratory.