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.

Hantavirus, international waters

Mon May 4th 2026      3 reports (2 new)

- WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON) on hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel; seven cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (two laboratory-confirmed, five suspected) identified among 147 passengers and crew

- Follow-up on hantavirus outbreak aboard MV Hondius cruise ship: Laboratory confirmation of second case reported by news media; timeline of cases

Cholera, Yemen

Mon May 4th 2026      4 reports (1 new)

- Yemen reported 3177 cholera cases in first quarter 2026 amid ongoing humanitarian crisis

Tuberculosis, Singapore

Mon May 4th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Genomic surveillance identifies community‑based tuberculosis clusters in Bedok Central, Singapore

Cryptosporidiosis, Canada

Mon May 4th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Zoonotic transmission of cryptosporidium at a petting farm in Calgary: Investigation and response