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.

Foot and mouth disease, Japan

Sat Sep 12th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Foot and mouth disease virus detected in goat meat smuggled from China at airport in Japan: First detection in an intercepted animal product

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sat Sep 12th 2026      15 reports (1 new)

- Cholera outbreak in Pweto Health Zone, Haut-Katanga Province, DRC, with 85 cases and 12 deaths in two weeks

West Nile virus, Netherlands

Sat Sep 12th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Netherlands reports 18 autochthonous West Nile virus (WNV) cases across six provinces, including three deaths

Poliomyelitis, Pakistan

Sat Sep 12th 2026      21 reports (1 new)

- Fourth polio case of 2026 reported in Pakistan in a child from Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Avian influenza, USA

Sat Sep 12th 2026      27 reports (1 new)

- Ongoing detections of HPAI in poultry reported in the USA in August and September 2026

Rabies, USA

Sat Sep 12th 2026      17 reports (1 new)

- Nationwide increase in human rabies exposures in USA; guidance on correct administration of post-exposure prophylaxis