Ongoing measles transmission amid persistent vaccine hesitancy in Kazakhstan: 16-fold surge in Kostanay, signs of stabilization in Karaganda https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=35f04305-6c22-4ff5-8f53-ee4186b79ebe&eventid=3fba66e4-c641-4614-aeed-8dca11b11786&utm_source=bluesky

Record multistate (47 states) outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce with the first two US deaths reported in Michigan, USA https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f9ffcea3-4280-4402-a0a7-e5582c76b0f3&eventid=f4c53ac1-a8bb-4baf-b97b-4b764df4f66d&utm_source=bluesky

Réunion Island, France: Leptospirosis seasonal resurgence – 221 cases and two deaths reported, Jan–Jul 2026 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=780b045b-11ed-4159-b0ff-b2e8bb84f61f&eventid=2b29a555-a87c-44d4-86f8-93fc0e3c97f1&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Central African Republic: Cholera outbreak — 720 cases and elevated community mortality prompt emergency vaccination response https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=37303d42-acb5-4999-bf50-a13d2405f0f1&eventid=fcda349d-d8e4-4680-b1e0-06b77585c0b2&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Chronic wasting disease confirmed in wild white-tailed deer – new geographic detection 30 miles from known outbreaks, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=272b5774-79bc-4e3d-b3cb-693a05c6e97b&eventid=50ae6836-7edd-4ff9-91a9-fc94e496a601&utm_source=bluesky

Dengue epidemic declared in Zamboanga City, Philippines following 500% year-on-year case surge Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5d6f9879-27e5-4570-9238-16aee2c0021d&eventid=d2d9f196-17db-4c5a-8e0a-f7f0001076fc&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

13 deaths from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reported in children under five in Panama with RSV activity above alert threshold https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=799bd15d-2a83-42e9-a50f-2b08d49d0f09&eventid=a05ba411-1e3d-42fe-8038-a413da62a8fa&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

West Nile virus – first avian and human cases of the 2026 season detected across Andalusia and Catalonia, Spain https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c37a2cbf-80b8-4ebb-a2e1-88decc308226&eventid=cce44e63-b9e7-4dcb-8d9e-202569cbd281&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

African swine fever expands into Barcelona municipality with 373 confirmed wild boar cases across 13 municipalities, Spain https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=88bbf8d7-54cd-44ad-9ad7-b42c53d1ef8f&eventid=bfc25d17-d0b5-483e-aa54-fa9fc984c3ee&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

HPAI H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) – 102 detections in wild birds across five Australian states, Australia Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=71f410c9-4317-4e75-85b3-b444263f9070&eventid=1bfc0db1-5f8a-4d0d-a9d2-8ff55eb714b3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Legionnaires' disease cluster with 26 cases inlcluding one death reported in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b4100485-9964-4bf8-9f7b-869cc0163731&eventid=7b01167a-ba90-4f07-b4f6-00451cbd1376&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Mpox cases in Mayotte increase to 43 including 23 locally transmitted cases Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e30ac3e8-97d3-4606-8df7-fe4340535717&eventid=da483ceb-ac55-4211-b646-5f8a496885a9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

RFI: Measles cases reported in several health facilities in El Salvador suggesting local transmission amid ongoing measles importation pressure https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1d51bc66-beed-4052-9f12-ed98b1f90c94&eventid=4bde1715-f77e-4cd6-b639-8d8b52360191&utm_source=bluesky

Pediatric Chandipura virus cases in Gujarat State, India increase to 35 with 22 deaths during the 2026 monsoon season. https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=bd706590-8dff-4471-8a1a-87363dd56486&eventid=5aa87f7e-5b22-409e-900f-7c922d2e5a60&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Public health emergency declared in Marib, Yemen, amid measles outbreak reaching 1624 cases and 12 deaths in displacement camps https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=484bb6ce-d3cb-4582-9327-a3bc5378d062&eventid=ef6ef90e-f6e5-48d8-8690-230709fdf8da&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Raccoon rabies – first spillover to domestic cat with human exposures amid rapidly rising wildlife case counts in 2026, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ded1b539-8f19-4920-9b56-82e4cf233953&eventid=4c29edc9-28c8-4d5f-ae76-f9685687a05f&utm_source=bluesky

HPAI H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) – 78 confirmed cases across five states; mass mortality confirmed in greater crested terns, Australia https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9efe5ff0-0b94-4bd9-92d7-8d3cb90ddc52&eventid=1bfc0db1-5f8a-4d0d-a9d2-8ff55eb714b3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

RFI: Acute diarrhea outbreak with more than 777 cases in Ipiales, Nariño, Colombia. RFI on diagnostic test results and source https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c7107523-0371-4985-a675-8f122ded6b27&eventid=fc9cb0a3-a4c0-476e-9e8f-1b4a160bc3f1&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Classical scrapie confirmed in sheep — first U.S. detection in over five years in Oregon, USA Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e3c62fe5-19f7-4304-99d2-5132ce2de2b8&eventid=0fcadf5a-f743-4e21-89a4-993c282add8d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus in cattle – multi-country emergence, Switzerland, France, and Germany https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=3fd85bf2-f915-46ff-b8f8-2aff58a3e2f5&eventid=48719fa7-740e-4600-ab70-5a959342c877&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, USA, report autochthonous dengue cases Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=2169226c-3b17-4969-906e-d72c016f3aa4&eventid=82e3bc0d-4d3f-482f-853e-dab705adce53&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cholera – ongoing multi-province outbreaks with elevated CFR in non-endemic western zones, week 25, 2026 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b1c52c65-b620-490c-ba82-15d177ebcb32&eventid=2f484720-85ed-4641-aba5-16b7125f8fae&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

RFI: Fatal foodborne illness in a family following the consumption of charcoal-grilled chicken in Beirut, Lebanon. RFI on symptoms, timeline, and diagnostic test results https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=de07bb24-b9a9-48bb-b2a8-e27908c9fad9&utm_source=bluesky

Community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City, USA: 92 cases with six deaths; exposure source eliminated and genome sequencing pending https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0cca52f0-f112-47cd-ba8b-12dd4accd311&eventid=c428887d-bf7b-42a3-bcea-17ee77162149&utm_source=bluesky

Three probable tularemia cases reported in Suffolk County, New York signaling elevated tick-borne transmission risk in 2026 https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1726962c-28a4-4404-a06a-dd17e3f4c8b8&eventid=ecab4480-8f2c-406d-b8fa-7de554e2f3bb&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Amanita phalloides poisonings reported in Lipetsk, Russia: 15 cases with one death and seven patients in critical condition https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=71462b91-842b-4ea5-87b3-e698eb74831b&eventid=df596f1f-acef-4ff7-b001-1c0482d951b2&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Greece reported 180 cases of Legionnaires' disease and 11 related deaths in 2025 Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=fcda26d4-eb36-494d-aeb9-0f010ae8ad90&eventid=bf80695f-fde3-4bf7-8189-5518f84dfd95&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Cholera outbreak in N'Djamena, Chad with 55 cases and elevated case fatality rate amid rainy season Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e73ff258-ee42-4c90-9fa0-dd85382e49fb&eventid=6de45634-fd7a-4170-b266-07837a468d2b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Australia reports 53 HPAI (H5N1) detections in wild seabirds with a suspected mass mortality event in South Australia https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e658234c-a2a7-4004-bf4b-740e5df3be28&eventid=1bfc0db1-5f8a-4d0d-a9d2-8ff55eb714b3&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Vibriosis, Germany: Early-season onset reported with two deaths by July 29 Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d8f02b96-11b2-4f60-b001-7a4090ca60e7&eventid=a2775d41-6dd5-4023-a0e3-9f50a0239758&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost