Dengue’s brutal “breakbone” fever has long been one of global health’s most stubborn failures, a disease that keeps resurging even as other infections retreat. Now a convergence of mosquito ...
A travel alert has been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning about the risk of "breakbone fever" — more commonly known as dengue fever — around the globe as travelers ...
It sounds like a nightmare, and for some, it can be fatal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a global travel alert for dengue fever, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness ...
Two new locally acquired dengue "breakbone fever" cases were reported in Brevard County, Florida. bringing the total to eight first-ever dengue cases in the county. While most dengue cases are mild, ...
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a travel alert about a “higher-than-usual” number of cases of a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease.
Sri Lanka has recorded 27,754 dengue cases and 14 deaths so far this year, with infections reported from all 25 districts, ...
Locally acquired dengue fever cases in Brevard County have doubled to 19, representing 80% of Florida's total. Experts are unsure why the tropical disease is originating in Brevard, but suspect warmer ...
A micrograph showing dengue virus virions (the cluster of dark dots near the center). There is no specific treatment for the mosquito-borne illness, making prevention the only defense. Here's ...