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‘There is no vaccine to prevent Chikungunya’ Public health officials in the UK are grappling with a skyrocketing number of cases of a debilitating mosquito virus as British holidaymakers return from countries where an outbreak is rapidly spreading. Nearly…
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the country is in a “national emergency” over the outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus in the country. The virus, which is similar in symptoms to Dengue fever, often leads to fever…
Jamaica’s health minister said Sunday that the government is doing all it can to combat a newly arrived mosquito-borne virus that is increasingly disrupting life and cutting productivity on the Caribbean island. In a national address carried on television…
An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases have…
Clinicians should be alerted to the possible spread of chikungunya virus in the United States, according to a commentary published online September 23 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. “Clinicians should advise patients to use antivector measures when traveling…
A strong warning is coming from the head of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), based in Trinidad and Tobago, to the rest of the region, including Jamaica, to brace for the “full impact” of the Chikungunya virus even as…
The Puerto Rican government declared on July 17 that the mosquito-transmitted disease chikungunya has reached epidemic proportions. Puerto Rico is only the latest country to fall prey to the disease, which has been sweeping the Caribbean since its arrival in…
Twenty New Jersey residents have tested positive for the chikungunya virus, according to the state Health Department. The mosquito-borne virus has spread through the Caribbean, and the first two cases in the U.S. were reported last week in Florida. Health…
Chikungunya virus has mutated; many countries be on your guard
Common Ohio mosquitos are now spreading a serious virus with a very exotic sounding name. By now, most of Ohio have heard about the West Nile virus but since July 4 there have been about 50 cases in the United…
