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

Sun Aug 16th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Suspected new orthobunyavirus infections in cattle reported in the Netherlands amid ongoing regional spread

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Uganda

Sun Aug 16th 2026      4 reports (1 new)

- Two confirmed cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever including one death in Yumbe, Uganda, a district outside the established cattle corridor

Cyclosporiasis, USA

Sun Aug 16th 2026      10 reports (1 new)

- Michigan, USA, reports 13 909 cyclosporiasis cases and two deaths amid a multistate outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce

Legionellosis, USA

Sun Aug 16th 2026      30 reports (1 new)

- Community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City, USA; death toll rises to nine despite no new cases reported

Rift Valley fever, Eastern and Southern Africa

Sun Aug 16th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Rift Valley fever alert: Elevated outbreak risk ahead of El Niño-driven October–December 2026 rains in eight Eastern African countries

African swine fever, Finland

Sun Aug 16th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- New wild boar detections of African swine fever confirmed in Virolahti municipality, Finland, prompting expansion of the restricted area