Track influenza surveillance, symptoms, positivity, and seasonal signals from health authorities.
What this page shows
Influenza pages should clearly label surveillance coverage and avoid comparing raw counts across countries without testing context.
The primary charts now come from normalized database observations. Snapshot cards remain useful for latest values, but time series and paired relationships get chart types that match the question.
Database charts
Influenza over time and in context
These charts use normalized observations from the World Vitals database. Time-series charts show change; scatter plots show paired relationships where the data actually supports comparison.
World Health Organization
Life expectancy rose, then dipped during the pandemic era
WHO GHO global both-sex observations show the long rise and the recent reversal.
71.372021
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World Bank
World Bank life expectancy gives a comparable annual health baseline
A second life-expectancy series helps cross-check WHO and World Bank health baselines.
73.482024
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World Health Organization
Under-five mortality has fallen sharply
WHO GHO shows a sustained decline in deaths before age five per 1,000 live births.
36.722023
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World Bank
World Bank under-five mortality confirms the long decline
The trend is one of the strongest global health stories in the database.
37.42024
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World Bank
Health expenditure shows system burden
Health spending as a share of GDP is a system-pressure measure, not a direct health outcome.
10.022023
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World Bank WDI
Prosperity and health improved together
Each dot is one global year where GDP per person overlaps life expectancy.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
Electricity access rose as child mortality fell
Each dot is one global year linking infrastructure access to under-five mortality.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
Water and sanitation access improved together
Paired annual observations show whether basic water and sanitation progress are moving together.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
World Bank WDI
Health-system spend and life expectancy tell different stories
This relationship helps avoid treating expenditure as an automatic outcome measure.
Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.
WHO Disease Outbreak News
Latest source-backed outbreak notices
These records come from the daily World Vitals WHO Disease Outbreak News ingestion. They are source notices, not modelled case estimates.
Jun 25, 20262026-DON609
Nipah virus disease - India
Nipah virus diseaseIndia
elevated watch
On 11 June 2026, the Kerala State Health Department confirmed one laboratory confirmed case of Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Kozhikode district, Kerala State, India. The case is an adult male who developed symptoms on 30 May 2026 and was hospitalized on 10 Ju...
Yellow fever is a viral disease found in areas of Africa and the Americas, spread by infected mosquitoes. Following an increase of cases in the Americas in 2025, transmission activity remained into 2026. From 1 January to 26 May 2026, six countries reported a...
Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-locations
Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travelMulti-locations
elevated watch
This is the fourth Disease Outbreak News report on the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard M/V Hondius, a cruise ship...
Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virusDemocratic Republic of the Congo
high attention
On 15 May 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the Ministry of Health of Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola Disease following the confirmation of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) in both c...
Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virusDemocratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
high attention
On 5 May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted of a high-mortality outbreak of unknown illness in Mongbwalu Health Zone, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including deaths among health workers. On 14 May 2026, the Institut...
Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country
Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travelMulti-country
high attention
This is the third Disease Outbreak News report on the hantavirus cluster, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard MV Hondius, a cruise ship. Since the last DON was published on...