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.

HIV, French Polynesia

Mon Oct 5th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- HIV activity in Oceania (Fiji, French Polynesia, Niue): Escalating epidemic in Fiji drives regional concern across the Pacific

HIV, Fiji

Mon Oct 5th 2026      7 reports (1 new)

- HIV activity in Oceania (Fiji, French Polynesia, Niue): Escalating epidemic in Fiji drives regional concern across the Pacific

New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), USA

Mon Oct 5th 2026      18 reports (1 new)

- 05 Oct 2026 – New World screwworm in USA: 50 domestic animal cases in Texas, 2 in New Mexico, one fly-trap detection amid ongoing outbreak

Dengue, Viet Nam

Mon Oct 5th 2026      8 reports (1 new)

- Viet Nam’s 2026 dengue season remains above last year’s, led by Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai

Anthrax, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mon Oct 5th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- RFI: Anthrax epizootic in hippopotamuses in North Kivu Province, DRC; zoonotic spillover risk