The number of two mosquito borne diseases have been growing in recent weeks, putting the 2014 numbers above what was seen last year. The Venezuelan Health Ministry has been seeing more than 2,000 dengue...

Guatemala has become the second Central American country (El Salvador has reported more than 16,000 cases) as health officials have reported their first cases since the epidemic hit the Western hemisphere...

The number of autochthonous, or locally acquired chikungunya cases increased by more than 50,000, according to new data published by the Pan American Health Organization Friday. The new tally stands...

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The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging member countries that have mosquitoes that transmit dengue and chikungunya to step up their vector-control efforts and...

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Medicines to treat one million people – or nearly one in 10 Haitians – have arrived at Direct Relief’s warehouse in Port-au-Prince as the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus continues to spread throughout...

Since the chikungunya outbreak was first recognized in the American Samoa in late July, the case count has grown to more than 700 cases, according to a Radio New Zealand report today. This is the first...

The number of mosquito borne infections caused by chikungunya and dengue virus associated to international travel continues to grow in the state of Florida. Travel associated chikungunya increased by...

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A growing number of patients in the United States are being tested – and testing positive – for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, according to a study presented at the Interscience Conference...

The number of chikungunya cases in Jamaica has grown by three, the Ministry of Health said Thursday. According to a Jamaica Observer report, there is now a total of 24 cases of the mosquito borne virus...

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The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announced today the second Delaware case of chikungunya virus in a 51-year-old New Castle County woman. Like the first Delaware case of the disease, the second...