Epidemio­lo­gisches Bulletin

The Epidemiologisches Bulletin is an online journal published by the Robert Koch Institute for the exchange of information between physicians, the public health service, medical associations, national reference centres/consultant laboratories, research and teaching institutions and other experts.

The Epidemiologisches Bulletin contains situation reports on important infectious diseases, reports from commissions such as the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) and the Commission for Infection Prevention and Hygiene in Healthcare and Nursing (KRINKO), statistics on notifiable infectious diseases, outbreak and case reports, editorials and other articles, for example on questions of hygiene or the spread of multi-resistant pathogens.

The articles are published in German; short summaries are available in English.

Current issue

Epidemiologisches Bulletin 25/2025

Publication , 19/06/2025

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Report on the Robert Koch Colloquium 2025 – "Empowering Public Health: From Data to Global Health"
The Robert Koch Colloquium, hosted annually by the RKI focuses on public health topics, bringing together leading experts to present and discuss their research findings and insights. This year's colloquium, presented in the Epidemio­logisches Bulletin 25/2025, was held under the theme "Empowering Public Health: From Data to Global Health." Topics discussed included the integration of AI into everyday clinical work, the challenges of using data generated through wearables for health monitoring, and one-health monitoring, as well as the use of AI in systematic literature reviews.

An outbreak of Salmonella Infantis in infants and young children caused by contaminated cashew puree raspberry
The RKI identified a nationwide outbreak of S. Infantis among infants and young children caused by contaminated cashew puree raspberry. To date, the RKI has recorded a total of 85 cases in Germany. The majority of those affected, reports the Epidemio­logisches Bulletin 25/2025, became so ill that they had to be hospitalised; 35 of the 61 cases with complete information on hospitalisation. The suspected cashew puree raspberry was publicly recalled on 26 May, 2025, and consumers were warned not to consume the product.

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