Four states—Florida, Hawaii, Texas and Arizona—have already documented locally acquired cases of dengue, which is also known as “breakbone fever” on account of the severe pain it causes.

From Jan. 1 to June 24 this year, countries in the Americas have reported over 9.7 million dengue cases. This is double the cases reported in 2023.

Dengue virus is the most common mosquito-spread virus globally, but generally relatively rare in the continental United States. However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned ...

Mosquitoes are infecting people across the Americas with dengue at historic levels and U.S. travelers are bringing the ...

(CNN) — Dengue virus is the most common mosquito-spread virus globally, but generally relatively rare in the continental United States.However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

About 1 in 4 dengue fevers are symptomatic, the CDC says. Symptoms, if they do occur, show up typically five to seven days after infection. People often feel fever, and other flu-like symptoms ...

Dengue fever was eradicated from the US nearly 70 years ago, but the devastating tropical disease has made something of a comeback in recent years, following outbreaks in Florida, Hawaii, and Texas.

The United States has that, since dengue was last widespread in the 1940s. And third, mosquitoes that can transmit it. Those are already widespread.

Because the baby is not yet able to speak, it is difficult for parents to determine if the baby is feeling unwell. But what ...