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.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Austria

Mon Aug 31st 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever reported in Vienna, Austria; travel-associated importation from the Middle East

Cholera, Nigeria

Mon Aug 31st 2026      8 reports (1 new)

- Over 65 000 suspected cholera cases reported in Nigeria in 2026, with risk of continued transmission during the rainy season

Undiagnosed event, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mon Aug 31st 2026      8 reports (1 new)

- RFI: Point-source, high-severity foodborne illness cluster in Beni territory, North Kivu, DRC, linked to cassava flour

Rabies, USA

Mon Aug 31st 2026      15 reports (1 new)

- Rabies in goats at mobile petting zoo — multi-county human exposure across six counties, North Carolina, USA

Clonorchiasis, China

Mon Aug 31st 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First Clonorchis sinensis cluster in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, a low-prevalence area, linked to raw freshwater fish