Sources and methodology

OutbreakResponse aggregates public datasets to provide decision-ready views. Counts may lag official reports; always consult the primary publication for the canonical record.

Public health

• CDC NORS — outbreak summaries used for illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, etiology, and month/state rollups.
• CDC NWSS — wastewater percentile trend (0–100) averaged by submission date; used for context alongside outbreaks/recalls.

Food safety

• FDA openFDA Food Enforcement — recall product/description, reason, classification, distribution (states).
• USDA-FSIS recalls — recalls for meat & poultry (product, reason, classification, distribution).
• FSIS Public Health Alerts (planned) — early advisories prior to recalls.

Early indicators

• Adverse Events (openFDA CAERS) — public complaints for foods/dietary supplements (early signal; not proof of causality).
• FDA Data Dashboard — Import Refusals (border screening outcomes) and other regulatory datasets.
• FDA Enforcement (IRES) — enforcement report drill-downs for additional context.

State & local

• NM DOH curated updates — manually added from NMDOH press releases or advisories when relevant to the New Mexico view.

Update cadence & treatment

• All routes request fresh data on load; some apply light aggregation (e.g., month bucketing for outbreaks).
• Where agency endpoints rate-limit or temporarily error, the site may display a clearly labeled “fallback” dataset for continuity.
• Wastewater is a relative index vs historical baseline; it is not a case count.

Known caveats

• Recall “distribution” patterns vary by agency; “Nationwide” is treated as affecting all states.
• NORS public summaries are typically retrospective and may lag field findings.
• CAERS and import refusals are early indicators; use in context with recalls/outbreaks.

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