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, Honduras

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- HPAI detected on a commercial poultry farm in Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras, amid concurrent cases in wild birds

Avian influenza, Australia

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Australia confirms a second HPAI (H5N1) case in a northern giant petrel in Western Australia

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      32 reports (1 new)

- 22 Jun 2026 - Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in DRC and Uganda: More than 1000 cases and 254 deaths reported in DRC; one new case reported in Uganda

Undiagnosed event, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      4 reports (1 new)

- RFI: 10–14 deaths in two weeks reported in Bulungu, Kwilu Province, DRC; etiology unidentified

Shigellosis, France

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Shigellosis cluster in Bouches-du-Rhône, France, linked to an educational farm in Auriol

Meningitis, Brazil

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- 80 confirmed cases of meningitis and 20 deaths reported in Goiás, Brazil, in 2026 (CFR 25%)

Undiagnosed event, Madagascar

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- RFI: Mass food poisoning in Antananarivo, Madagascar; 67 hospitalizations, etiology under investigation. RFI on diagnostic test results

Hantavirus, Argentina

Mon Jun 22nd 2026      16 reports (1 new)

- RFI: Hantavirus case in Bariloche, Argentina; concern for possible person-to-person transmission after late symptom onset