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.

Foodborne illness, India

Thu Jul 16th 2026      9 reports (1 new)

- Gastroenteritis cluster in Kota District, Rajasthan, India, associated with golgappas; 85–115 cases; pathogen pending

Avian influenza, New Zealand

Thu Jul 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First detection of HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in a subantarctic skua in Wellington, New Zealand: Conservation and biosecurity alert

Salmonellosis, Greece

Thu Jul 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Salmonellosis cluster in Lamia, Central Greece, linked to chicken served at a restaurant; 24 laboratory-confirmed cases

Undiagnosed event, Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Thu Jul 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Suspected cluster of bacterial foodborne illness in Bata, Litoral Province, Equatorial Guinea, with 36 cases and one death

Chandipura virus, India

Thu Jul 16th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Chandipura virus confirmed in seven children in Gujarat, India, with three deaths and four on ventilators

Measles, Bangladesh

Thu Jul 16th 2026      10 reports (1 new)

- Measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 114 164 suspected cases and 771 deaths; all eight divisions affected