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.

Infant botulism, USA

Mon Jun 29th 2026      11 reports (1 new)

- Shared milk powder supply chain identified in infant botulism outbreaks in the USA; possible persistent/recurring contamination point

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France

Mon Jun 29th 2026      35 reports (1 new)

- 29 Jun 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease case detected in Haut-Uélé, marking the disease's spread to a fourth province in DRC

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mon Jun 29th 2026      12 reports (1 new)

- Cholera epidemic declared in Popokabaka health zone, Kwango Province, DRC, with high CFR of 7.4% (136 cases, 10 deaths)

Salmonellosis, Russian Federation

Mon Jun 29th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Point-source salmonellosis outbreak in Astrakhan, Russia, linked to fish cutlets from a delicatessen; 26 confirmed cases and one death

New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), USA

Mon Jun 29th 2026      11 reports (1 new)

- 29 Jun 2026 – New World screwworm multi-county livestock outbreak with two active infestation fronts in Texas, USA

Leishmaniasis/leishmaniosis, Spain

Mon Jun 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First confirmed autochthonous Leishmania infantum transmission in dogs signals epidemiological shift, Canary Islands, Spain

HIV, Solomon Islands

Mon Jun 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Increase in HIV infections reported in the Solomon Islands raises public health concerns