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.

Foodborne illness, Morocco

Sun May 24th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Request for Information: Mass foodborne illness cluster reported in Zagora, Morocco with 83 cases linked to communal funeral meal

Borna disease, Germany

Sun May 24th 2026      5 reports (1 new)

- Human Borna disease virus 1 case reported in Ludwigslust-Parchim District, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Tick-borne encephalitis, UK

Sun May 24th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- New UK report outlines a total of six autochthonous cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) since 2019, including two probable cases in 2025

Bundibugyo virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Sun May 24th 2026      11 reports (1 new)

- Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, DRC: 867 suspected cases and 204 deaths reported as transmission expands across three provinces amid response challenges

Dengue, Taiwan

Sun May 24th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Taiwan's first autochthonous dengue fever case of 2026 detected in Kaohsiung City; early-season DENV-1 transmission confirmed