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.

Avian influenza, China

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      17 reports (1 new)

- Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Beijing Municipality, China, in a pediatric patient with exposure to poultry market

Respiratory illness, Chile

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Chile reports 57.9% respiratory-virus positivity in week 34 and a seasonal peak in pediatric respiratory hospitalizations

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      6 reports (1 new)

- Emergence of Shamonda virus dual-variant (SHAV-EU1, SHAV-EU2) in multispecies livestock in Germany, with fatal equine neurological disease

Gastroenteritis, Türkiye

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Acute gastroenteritis outbreak affecting more than 700 people in Görele District, Giresun, Türkiye. RFI on diagnostic testing

Psittacosis, Russian Federation

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Occupationally acquired psittacosis in a veterinarian with exposure to exotic birds in Moscow, Russia

Mycobacterial infection, Bangladesh

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Nosocomial mycobacterial wound infection cluster after surgical procedures at private clinic in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh

Foot and mouth disease, global

Wed Sep 2nd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Foot and mouth disease (FMD) SAT1 detections across Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa signal unprecedented serotype range expansion