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.

Avian influenza, Norway

Tue May 19th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- HPAI (H5N5) confirmed in polar bear and walrus in Svalbard, Norway. First detection in a European polar bear

Salmonellosis, USA

Tue May 19th 2026      23 reports (1 new)

- Multistate Salmonella outbreak reported in the USA linked to backyard poultry, with 184 cases and elevated hospitalization rate

Mpox, Madagascar

Tue May 19th 2026      9 reports (1 new)

- Follow-up on mpox (clade 1b) outbreak in Madagascar: Sixth death recorded amid sustained transmission across multiple regions

Yellow fever, Brazil

Tue May 19th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Nine confirmed human yellow fever cases and five deaths reported in São Paulo State, Brazil, during the 2025–2026 surveillance season, concentrated in Vale do Paraíba municipalities

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda

Tue May 19th 2026      6 reports (1 new)

- Update on the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in DRC and Uganda: More than 500 suspected cases and 130 deaths reported amid significant uncertainty about the true number of infections; response measures intensified; information on virus reservoirs

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Afghanistan

Tue May 19th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Request for information (RFI): Increase in suspected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases in Afghanistan

African swine fever, Spain

Tue May 19th 2026      23 reports (1 new)

- African swine fever in wild boar: 50 outbreaks and 320 cases across 13 municipalities in Catalonia, Spain; domestic pig sector unaffected