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

Sat Apr 25th 2026      6 reports (1 new)

- Request for information (RFI): Two separate wedding-associated foodborne illness events in rural India, affecting over 388 people; one fatality in Uttar Pradesh and five individuals in serious condition in Gujarat. RFI on diagnostic test results

Salmonellosis, USA

Sat Apr 25th 2026      20 reports (1 new)

- Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to backyard poultry, with 34 cases across 13 US states and high hospitalization rate

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Republic of Korea

Sat Apr 25th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- First severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome case of 2026 reported in Ulsan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea, signaling seasonal onset

Pertussis, Cameroon

Sat Apr 25th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Pertussis outbreak affecting children under five reported in Kolofata, Far North Region, Cameroon