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.

Bluetongue, UK

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Record livestock outbreak of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) in UK surpasses the previous three seasons combined

Japanese encephalitis, China

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First case of Japanese encephalitis genotype V in a neonate with a fatal outcome in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in 2025

Cryptosporidiosis, USA

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Cryptosporidiosis cluster of 14 cases linked to indoor hotel pool in Bothell, Washington, USA

Cladophialophora bantiana infection, USA

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Fourfold increase in CNS detections of Cladophialophora bantiana in USA signals a potential emerging fungal threat

Plague, Russian Federation

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Fatal laboratory-acquired infection in Irkutsk Region, Russia; possible pneumonic plague; 197 contacts hospitalized for observation

African swine fever, Spain

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      29 reports (1 new)

- African swine fever genotype II (genetic group 29) in Catalonia, Spain: Novel LVR-deleted variant in wild boar; 400 cases; outbreak ongoing

HIV, Uganda

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Uganda 2025 Population HIV Impact Assessment reports 5.9% adult HIV prevalence

Scrub typhus, Nepal

Sat Oct 3rd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Nepal reports 525 kit-positive scrub typhus cases and nine locally attributed deaths in Salyan District, Karnali Province