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.

Bovine tuberculosis, USA

Wed Sep 16th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Bovine tuberculosis confirmed in two cattle herds in Michigan, USA; epidemiological investigations underway

Malaria, Germany

Wed Sep 16th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Two additional autochthonous malaria cases detected near Frankfurt Airport in Germany

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, North America

Wed Sep 16th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Multi-county outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer exceeds prior-year baselines in Michigan and Wisconsin, USA

El Niño-associated wildlife mortality

Wed Sep 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Mass stranding of pelagic swimming crabs linked to anomalous ocean warming in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Undiagnosed event, Republic of the Sudan

Wed Sep 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Undiagnosed illness cluster among children in North Darfur, Sudan. RFI on diagnostic test results and symptoms

HIV, Fiji

Wed Sep 16th 2026      5 reports (1 new)

- Fiji declares national HIV emergency

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe

Wed Sep 16th 2026      7 reports (1 new)

- Continued spread of Shamonda-like virus (SHAV-EU1/EU2) in Europe; cases detected in Luxembourg and reproductive and neurological concerns

Bluetongue, Türkiye

Wed Sep 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Bluetongue disease detected in livestock in Izmir Province, Türkiye; 15 neighborhoods under quarantine

Scrub typhus, Nepal

Wed Sep 16th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Nepal reports more than 100 scrub typhus cases and four deaths in Salyan, Karnali Province, and 282 cases in Baglung, Gandaki Province

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis, Mexico

Wed Sep 16th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First recorded case and death from primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico; organism detected in an artificial lake