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.

Salmonellosis, USA

Thu Jun 18th 2026      27 reports (1 new)

- Eight concurrent Salmonella outbreaks across 43 states in the USA linked to backyard poultry, with multidrug-resistant strains identified

Measles, Pakistan

Thu Jun 18th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Pakistan reports over 20 000 measles cases and 96 child deaths; highest mortality burden in Sindh

Marburg virus disease, Rwanda

Thu Jun 18th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First confirmed sexual transmission of Marburg virus in Rwanda; post-recovery persistence of virus in semen drives policy revision

Dermatophilosis, Europe

Thu Jun 18th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- ECDC: Multi-country dermatophilosis clusters with human to human transmission, 2025-2026

Tanapox, South Africa

Thu Jun 18th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Cluster of 11 human tanapox cases detected in Kruger National Park, South Africa; autochthonous transmission outside recognized endemic area

Japanese encephalitis, Taiwan

Thu Jun 18th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Japanese encephalitis in Hualien County, Taiwan; youngest-ever domestic case, a one-year-old infant too young to be vaccinated