/diseases/outbreaks/alerts

GET

GET

/diseases/outbreaks/alerts

curl -G https://api.gideononline.com/diseases/outbreaks/alerts \
     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
     -d days=2

200Outbreak Alerts_/diseases/outbreaks/alerts_example

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "o_29961",
      "type": "outbreak",
      "cases": 70,
      "deaths": 1,
      "region": "Multiple locations",
      "country": "United States",
      "disease": "Influenza",
      "hash_id": "cebc75f2-4211-43b8-b752-be078aab602c",
      "latitude": "37.09024000",
      "longitude": "-95.71289100",
      "update_date": "2025-03-24 07:36:42",
      "country_code": "G292",
      "disease_code": 11170,
      "outbreak_end": 2025,
      "outbreak_start": 2024,
      "update_date_epoch": 1742801802,
      "outbreak_last_reported": 2025,
      "outbreak_first_reported": 2024
    }
  ]
}

Returns a list of disease outbreaks that were reported in the last since=$days.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`since`	integer	Yes. Default = 5	The number of past days to look back from today. For example, `since=2` returns outbreaks reported in the last 2 days.

outbreak_start (deprecated) – Replaced by outbreak_first_reported. Do not use.
outbreak_end (deprecated) – Replaced by outbreak_last_reported. Do not use.

The type field in the outbreak response indicates the nature of the reported disease occurrence. It can have one or two comma-separated values:

Value	Description
`outbreak`	A confirmed outbreak involving multiple cases linked by time and location.
`sporadic`	A single or isolated case not linked to other known cases.
`travelcase`	The case was imported from another country or region, typically through travel.
`outbreak,travelcases`	A cluster of travel-related cases that are considered part of an outbreak.
`sporadic,travelcase`	A single travel-related case that is not part of a known outbreak.

Note: Values may appear in combination (e.g., outbreak,travelcases) to indicate both the type of event and whether the case(s) were travel-related.

Authentication

Authorizationstring

API Key authentication via header

Query parameters

daysintegerOptional

Response headers

UpgradestringOptional

X-Powered-BystringOptional

Access-Control-Allow-OriginstringOptional

Response

datalist of objects