This digest highlights the latest events and signals submitted to the BEACON platform—a global system for tracking and analyzing emerging biological threats. Stay informed with real-time updates from around the world, curated to help you monitor developments affecting human, animal, and environmental health.

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fri Jun 26th 2026      11 reports (1 new)

- Suspected cholera outbreak in Walikale, North Kivu, DRC, amid conflict-driven displacement and critical healthcare supply shortages

New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), USA

Fri Jun 26th 2026      10 reports (1 new)

- 26 Jun 2026 – New World screwworm continues to spread in the USA, with 26 confirmed cases across 10 Texas counties and New Mexico

Avian influenza, Costa Rica

Fri Jun 26th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- HPAI (H5) detected in a blue-footed booby in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; first wildlife case since 2023

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Spain

Fri Jun 26th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case reported in Salamanca, Spain; seasonal case amid sustained enzootic virus circulation

Undiagnosed event, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fri Jun 26th 2026      5 reports (1 new)

- Unknown illness cluster in Kwilu Province, DRC: Preliminary results negative for Ebola and Marburg; severe malaria in some patients

Tuberculosis, India

Fri Jun 26th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- 1087 tuberculosis cases and 71 deaths reported in Mizoram, India, in 2026, with 47 MDR-TB cases amid national decline in TB mortality

Dengue, Vanuatu

Fri Jun 26th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Dengue outbreak declared in Shefa Province, Vanuatu: 23 cases with spread beyond Pango cluster; serotype unconfirmed