‘Shark Week’ kicks off June 26, check out the schedule
SHARK WEEK, television’s longest running and most anticipated summer event returns to Discovery Channel fromSunday, June 26 to Sunday, July 3. SHARK WEEK celebrates its 28th anniversary with all-new jaw-dropping More...
Tahiti reports first imported chikungunya case
After reported cases of chikungunya in New Caledonia and a large outbreak in Tonga this year, French Polynesian health authorities are reporting the first imported case of the mosquito borne virus in Tahiti. A Radio More...
Chikungunya confirmed cases increase by nearly 400, suspected cases almost 8,000
Although no new countries or islands were affected by the chikungunya virus in the Caribbean and South America, the number of confirmed/probable an suspected cases increase by a not insignificant number, according More...
Chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean continues to expand, latest numbers released
“Epidemiological data indicate that the outbreak that started in Saint Martin (FR) is expanding. An increasing number of cases has been observed from most of the affected areas.” Photo/CDC-James Gathany This More...
Caribbean Chikungunya outbreak tops 100 cases
Since the first cases of locally acquired chikungunya fever were detected in the Americas (the French side of Saint Martin) in early December 2013, the case count has blossomed to 111 confirmed cases, according More...
Chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean grows to 71 confirmed cases
Following reports of the emergence of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere earlier this month when two locally acquired cases were confirmed on the French Caribbean island of Saint Martin, the beginning More...