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.

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus in cattle: Multi-country emergence across Switzerland, Germany, and France

Scrapie, USA

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Classical scrapie confirmed in sheep in Oregon: First USA detection in over five years

Undiagnosed event, Colombia

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Acute diarrhea outbreak with more than 777 cases in Ipiales, Nariño, Colombia. RFI on diagnostic test results and source

Dengue, USA

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Autochthonous dengue cases reported in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, Florida, USA

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      13 reports (1 new)

- Ongoing multi-province cholera outbreaks with elevated CFR in non-endemic western zones of DRC

Avian influenza, Australia

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      15 reports (1 new)

- 78 confirmed cases of HPAI H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) across five Australian states; mass mortality confirmed in greater crested terns

Foodborne illness, Lebanon

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- RFI: Fatal foodborne illness in a family after consuming charcoal-grilled chicken in Beirut, Lebanon. RFI on case details and diagnostics

Legionellosis, USA

Mon Aug 3rd 2026      28 reports (1 new)

- Community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City, USA: 92 cases and six deaths; source eliminated; genome sequencing pending