Dengue fever cases now at 20 on Florida’s Treasure Coast
Martin County health officials have confirmed two additional cases of dengue fever, bringing the total to 20 locally acquired cases in the Rio and Jensen Beach area, according to a press release issued Sept. 18. Health More...
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SEPTEMBER 14 Guests include: Jeremy Lewis, father of Kyle Lewis and co-founder of the Kyle Gracin Lewis Amoeba Awareness Foundation and Heidi LaMeyer, mother of Hailee LaMeyer, and Education and Advocacy More...
Florida dengue cases continue to rise, 18 cases now confirmed
In a follow up to the dengue fever situation on Florida’s Treasure Coast, Martin County health officials say the case total now stands at 18. This is up from 15 reported last week. Aedes mosquito Image/CDC According More...
Florida blood bank, OneBlood, temporarily suspends blood donations from Martin and St. Lucie Counties due to dengue fever
The Treasure Coast counties of Martin and St. Lucie Counties have reported as of last week, at least 15 cases of locally acquired dengue fever (With a update scheduled today, the case count is likely higher). Blood More...
Four more dengue fever cases reported on Florida’s Treasure Coast
The Martin and St. Lucie counties’ health departments issued a health alert Friday, Aug. 30, confirming four additional cases of dengue fever, bringing to total number of cases reported to 11 since the first More...
Dengue fever in Florida: A few words with Martin County Environmental Health Director, Bob Washam
With the first cases of dengue fever being reported in the United States on Florida’s eastern coast, health officials are implementing every weapon in the arsenal to get this situation under control. Female More...
Hateful letter to autistic teen, Egypt, dengue fever in Florida, defeat Lindsey Graham and Light for the Lost golf tourney – Dispatch Radio
AUGUST 24 Our guests include: Bob Washam, Director of Environmental Health for the Florida Department of Health in Martin County to discuss the dengue fever situation on Florida’s Treasure Coast Dengue Fever More...
Dengue fever confirmed in Miami-Dade County, Treasure Coast total now at seven cases
After reports of “locally-acquired” dengue fever cases in Martin and St. Lucie Counties on Florida’s east coast, their neighboring county to the south, Miami-Dade announced Friday the confirmation More...
Martin County confirms one more dengue fever case, brings the total in Florida’s Treasure Coast to four
In a follow-up to a story last week, The Florida Department of Health in Martin County has issued a health alert today for mosquito-borne illness following the confirmation of one additional case of locally acquired More...
What is dengue fever?
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle More...
New research estimates 390 million people infected with dengue fever annually
The World Health Organization (WHO) says on their recent fact sheet that they currently estimate there may be 50–100 million dengue infections worldwide every year. However,new research published April 7 in More...
New research estimates 390 million people infected with dengue fever annually
The World Health Organization (WHO) says on their recent fact sheet that they currently estimate there may be 50–100 million dengue infections worldwide every year. However, new research published April 7 in More...
Hundreds of dengue cases reported on the Solomon Islands, fears of it negatively affecting tourism
With the number of dengue fever cases pushing 900 on the Solomon Islands, the government has appointed a National Task Force to deal with the situation on the archipelago, according to a French Tribune report More...
Madeira dengue outbreak still ongoing, 28 cases reported in 2013
Although by all measures the dengue fever outbreak on the Portuguese island of Madeira, which began in early October 2012, has decreased significantly, the outbreak is still ongoing after the first month of the More...
Majority of Caymanians not too concerned about dengue fever: poll
The Cayman Islands saw the most dengue fever cases in several decades in 2012, so much that the western Caribbean Islands are now considered endemic for the mosquito borne viral disease. Aedes aegypti Image/CDC However, More...
Dengue fever incidence has increased 30-fold during the past half century:WHO
While certain neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have decreased dramatically over the years, guinea worm disease and African sleeping sickness are two examples), the mosquito borne viral disease, dengue fever has More...
Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, likely stricken with dengue fever contracted in Haiti
Miss America 2011 Teresa ScanlanPhoto/U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Racheal Watson The plans of attending and participating in the Miss America 2013 pageant are over for 2011 Miss America and Gering, More...
Dengue fever saw a 70 percent increase in the U.S. in 2012
Photo/CDC-James Gathany Dengue fever, the mosquito borne viral disease that is endemic in at least 100 countries globally, saw an increase in the United States in 2012, according to provisional numbers reported More...
CDC issues travel notice for Madeira Island, offers recommendations to prevent dengue fever
Aedes aegypti Image/CDC Because of the dengue fever outbreak on Madeira Island, located some 600 miles from the European continent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising travelers to the More...
Hawaii reports imported case of dengue in Maui resident
Asian Tiger mosquito Image/James Gathany Hawaiian health officials are reporting an imported case of dengue fever in a Haiku, Maui resident who traveled abroad, according to a Maui News report Dec. 12. Health Department More...
