The number of autochthonous chikungunya cases reported in Puerto Rico increased by another 1,000 during the last epidemiological week recorded ending Oct. 21. During the week ending Oct. 14, Departamento...

The state government of Chiapas, Mexico, on the Guatemala border, has recorded the country’s first  autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus, according to a Reuters report today. The patient...

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Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) has confirmed the fourth case of imported Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Dallas County in 2014. The patient was infected with the virus during recent travel...

The number of travel associated chikungunya cases continue to be seen weekly in Florida. During the past week, seventeen cases of chikungunya fever were reported this week in persons that had international...

People recovering from the mosquito borne viral infection, chikungunya, should put mild exercise into their recovery regimen to assist with easing joint pain, says Jamaica’s Permanent Secretary...

Since the first cases of local transmission of chikungunya virus in the Western hemisphere last December on St. Martin, the epidemic has spread, particularly throughout the Caribbean and more recently...

The number of reported autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus in the Americas rose by 95,000 cases during the past week, according to new data released by the Pan American Health Organization...

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Fall in the United States means residents in most of the country will see fewer mosquitoes and less risk of the diseases they spread. However, the chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean and Central and South...

The landlocked South American country of Paraguay reported their first locally acquired chikungunya virus case in an Asuncion resident, according to health officials. According to Dr. Andrea Ojeda,...

On October 11, 2014, Tahiti reported locally transmitted chikungunya cases for the first time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Soon after, Tahitian health officials raised...