Amid the outbreak of dengue fever currently sweeping Jamaica, health experts are warning about the dangers of the mosquito-borne illness. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health & Wellness announced the outbreak ...

Dengue (pronounced DENgee) fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses. These viruses are related to the viruses that cause West ...

Mosquitoes are the primary medium for contracting dengue. Oregon State University/Flickr Chad has reported its first dengue outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The country’s ...

Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, affects millions of people every year across Asia, Africa and Latin America. And it's expanding geographically as warmer temperatures and urban growth allow mosquito ...

Meg Norris was traveling in Argentina in April when the first signs of dengue fever hit her. The weather in Salta, just south of the Bolivian border, was warm, but Norris, a 33-year-old from Boulder, ...

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Jeremy Farrar has warned dengue fever could soon “take off” and become a constant presence in the United States, one of many emerging health threats ...