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.

Rabies, USA

Sat Aug 29th 2026      14 reports (1 new)

- Rabies confirmed in goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina, USA; multi-county human exposure under investigation

Giardiasis, UK

Sat Aug 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Giardiasis laboratory reports in England in 2025 reach the highest level since 2016

Avian influenza, China

Sat Aug 29th 2026      16 reports (1 new)

- Human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in a child with exposure to live poultry markets in Anhui Province, China

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis, USA

Sat Aug 29th 2026      5 reports (1 new)

- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis in a critically ill teenager in North Carolina, USA, during the active summer of 2026

Rabies, Türkiye

Sat Aug 29th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Human rabies confirmed in a child four months after a cat-scratch exposure in Diyarbakır, Türkiye, amid ongoing animal rabies activity

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe

Sat Aug 29th 2026      5 reports (1 new)

- Central and Western Europe: Shamonda virus epizootic in cattle, camelid exposure, first equine neurological cases in Switzerland

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, France

Sat Aug 29th 2026      47 reports (1 new)

- 27 Aug 2026 – Africa CDC and WHO declare the Ebola (Bundibugyo virus disease) outbreak in Uganda over, while cases in DRC increase to 5863