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Health Department urges precautions as dengue outbreak hits St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED – The Virgin Islands Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions to prevent further transmission of dengue as the number of cases rise on St. Croix. “We are once…

John McCarthy February 5, 2025

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Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge

SAN JUAN (AP) — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number…

John McCarthy December 12, 2024

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What to know about the Oropouche virus, also known as sloth fever

HAVANA (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent months, federal health officials said Tuesday.…

John McCarthy August 28, 2024

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First U.S. Malaria Cases Diagnosed In Decades In Florida and Texas

MIAMI — Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in…

John McCarthy June 27, 2023