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.

Measles, USA

Sun Aug 30th 2026      67 reports (1 new)

- Multistate measles outbreak in USA: At least four states (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio) report active outbreaks

Dengue, Kenya

Sun Aug 30th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Dengue outbreak in Garissa and Wajir counties, Kenya: 1583 reported cases, 95 confirmed cases (headline total 1678), five suspected deaths

Leishmaniasis/leishmaniosis, Bolivia

Sun Aug 30th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Cutaneous leishmaniasis increases to 35 confirmed cases in Guarayos Province, Bolivia; pediatric burden and treatment supply gaps

Avian influenza, Australia

Sun Aug 30th 2026      25 reports (1 new)

- First detections of HPAI (H5N1) in dolphins and foxes in South Australia signal multispecies spillover; Macquarie Island evacuation

Novel Shuni/Shamonda orthobunyavirus reassortants, South Africa

Sun Aug 30th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Novel reassortant Shuni/Shamonda orthobunyavirus detected in fatal equine neurologic disease and in Culicoides midges in South Africa

Influenza, Japan

Sun Aug 30th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Japan reports early onset of influenza season in late August, second-earliest since 1999