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, Chile

Thu Jun 4th 2026      15 reports (1 new)

- New HPAI (H5N1) detections in Arica y Parinacota and Atacama regions reflect continued spread among wild birds in Chile

New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), USA

Thu Jun 4th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- New World screwworm confirmed in livestock in Texas, USA, triggering quarantine and emergency response

Dengue, Georgia

Thu Jun 4th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Imported dengue fever case confirmed in Georgia; no autochthonous transmission risk

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Uganda

Thu Jun 4th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever death in Kasese District, Western Uganda, amid intensified viral hemorrhagic fever surveillance

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Thu Jun 4th 2026      22 reports (1 new)

- 04 Jun 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak: Response coordination strengthened; EAC expands regional measures

Foodborne botulism, Paraguay

Thu Jun 4th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Four confirmed cases of foodborne botulism in Paraguay linked to a suspected common food exposure