Chikungunya outbreak continues to grow as Caribbean case count nears 1,500
Since the chikungunya virus first made it’s appearance in the Western Hemisphere in early December on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, the outbreak has continued to grow and spread throughout many parts More...
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: 247 new cases reported last week of January
The chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean has grown by another 247 cases during the last week of January, according to the latest data from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) released More...
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: Eight cases confirmed in Saint Barthelemy
In a follow-up to a report Sunday, where there was 11 suspected cases of the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya, the Regional Agency for Health (ARS) is now reporting eight confirmed cases in the Territorial 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...
Chikungunya outbreak grows to 26 confirmed cases on St. Martin
Local health authorities of the French Caribbean Islands reported 26 confirmed and 12 probable autochthonous, or locally acquired, cases of chikungunya on the island of Saint Martin, according to a European Centre More...
Chikungunya in the Western Hemisphere: An interview with a CDC expert
With the recent report of local transmission of Chikungunya virus on the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean, the first such cases in the Western Hemisphere, I sought out an expert on the topic from the Centers More...
Dengue fever update: Thailand, Barbados and Madeira
Aedes aegypti Image/CDC The Thailand Health Ministry said there were more than 70,000 cases of dengue fever in the Kingdom in 2012, and officials say that this year could be even worse, according to a report from More...