Like so many ailments, it begins with a fever. A crushing headache grips the afflicted, creating blurry vision alongside other trademark symptoms like joint pain, sick stomach, skin sensitivity, and extreme fatigue. After the first 24 hours, the fever won’t break and has soared past 102 F. Luckily, it’s just a mild case of the…
Health Professionals Sound Alarm on Potential ‘Deadlier’ Outbreak on the Horizon
Argentina Battles Major Dengue Outbreak With Atomic Radiation
BUENOS AIRES—Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild. The South American country has this year recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, far above the equivalent level in previous years of major…
Lessons (Not) Learned From a Vaccination Campaign Catastrophe
In many places around the world, the leading cause of illness is the mosquito borne viral disease dengue, caused by the dengue virus. In past decades, its frequent outbreaks in many countries triggered tremendous investments and research efforts in the international community to develop vaccines against dengue. Dengvaxia, which is the first and only vaccine…
Vietnam Tells Hospitals to Prepare as Dengue Fever Cases Surge
HANOI—Dengue fever cases in Vietnam so far this year have more than doubled compared to the same period in 2021, the health ministry said on Thursday, warning its hospitals to brace for more infections. Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease common in Southeast Asia that causes flu-like symptoms. Severe forms of it can result in internal…
Official: Fever Outbreak in North India Kills 114
Infections following monsoon rains have led to a fever outbreak in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state which has killed at least 114 people in the past three weeks, health officials said Wednesday. The state’s Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh told The Associated Press that most cases were caused by dengue, a seasonal viral infection spread…
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