chikungunya

Dr. Susana Lloveras, an infectious disease physician at Hospital Muñiz in Buenos Aires, Argentina, says she used to see one or two cases of chikungunya a year. But earlier this year there were two to three new cases a day.

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Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it

3:32pm August 18, 2023

by Ari Daniel

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

A city worker in San Juan, Puerto Rico, cleans up a vacant lot where mosquitoes could be breeding.

Puerto Rico's Efforts To Stop Zika Are Hampered By Mistrust

3:29pm August 10, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

Puerto Rico has more reported cases of Zika than many other places in the region, and the number of cases continues to rise. Unfortunately, Zika is just one of the island's many problems.

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Key Haven, a Florida neighborhood about a mile east of Key West, is where a test of Oxitec's genetically engineered mosquitoes might take place later this year. Some neighbors have strongly dissented — at public meetings and via yard signs.

Florida Keys Weigh Options For Battling Mosquitoes And Zika

6:34pm April 22, 2016

by Nancy Klingener

Residents of these islands have waged many campaigns against disease-carrying mosquitoes. But there's still not much agreement at public meetings about how the mosquitoes should be controlled.

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If you're heading to China, check out the list of recommended vaccines. And be careful on that ice!

If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Mumps: Medical Tips For Year-End Travelers

3:46pm December 18, 2015

by Fran Kritz

Winter travelers need to think about measles, mumps, polio and bug repellents.

Don't bite me: The female of a mosquito called aedes aegypti can transmit yellow fever, dengue fever and chikungunya.

Chikungunya, A Mosquito-Borne Virus, Might Be Scarier Than We Thought

7:29pm December 01, 2015

by Rae Ellen Bichel

It typically causes fever and joint pain. A new study looks at a possible link to encephalitis, a brain infection.

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Singing About Chikungunya Might Not Cure You But Will Make You Laugh

5:35pm March 13, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

As one song puts it, the painful disease is "a crazy mess that you can't contain." So why not sing about it? Music videos from Latin America are going viral, just like chikungunya.

A couple of male, genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes take flight.

Florida Health Officials Hope To Test GMO Mosquitoes This Spring

7:18pm February 12, 2015

by Greg Allen

The British firm that developed the strain of mosquito says it has already tested the insect in tropical countries and found it can reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by 90 percent.

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A doctor examines a patient during a June campaign to find chikungunya cases in the town of Ayutuxtepeque, El Salvador. The country reported more than 100,000 cases of chikungunya in 2014.

Painful Virus Sweeps Central America, Gains A Toehold In U.S.

10:34pm January 01, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

While some Americans worried that Ebola would spread around the U.S., a new mosquito-borne virus flew right in. It sickened more than 2,000 Americans and nearly a million people across the Caribbean.

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Graphic: How Prepared Is Your State For The Next Outbreak?

Is Your State Ready For The Next Infectious Outbreak? Probably Not

4:12pm December 19, 2014

by Nancy Shute

Public health has a way of slipping off the radar when people aren't scared about Ebola or anthrax. But that doesn't mean the threats go away. And most states aren't prepared for the next one.

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A Second Case of Travel-Related Chickungunya in North Carolina

4:50pm June 27, 2014

An unidentified Alamance County resident is recovering from the chikungunya virus.