Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Six die in dengue virus outbreak in southern China

The dengue virus has killed six people and infected more than 23,000 in southern China's worst outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in about two decades, officials said Tuesday.

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Dengue fever and malaria in the Himalayas

Research by Nepalese and German scientists from the Nepal Health Research Council, Goethe University and the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre analyzes the current situation of these diseases in the Himalayan ...

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Video: Expert on threat of chikungunya virus

With a handful of New Englanders having recently contracted the mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya, should Massachusetts residents be worried about catching it?

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Dengue study to focus on asymptomatic carriers

Dengue fever is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics, infecting as many as 400 million people annually, according to the CDC.

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Research combats the stomach flu

More than 21 million cases of the stomach flu, caused by Norovirus, are reported every year in the United States.

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Brazil reports 573 deaths from dengue this year

At least 573 people have died from dengue in Brazil so far this year, nearly twice the figure reported in 2012, according to official figures released Wednesday.

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Swiss on alert for mosquito blamed for dengue

Scientists in Switzerland are hunting for a species of mosquito capable of spreading the tropical disease dengue that may have crossed the Alps.

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New Caledonia dengue outbreak kills three

A dengue fever outbreak in the Pacific islands of New Caledonia has killed three people, officials said Friday, after the World Health Organization raised alarm over the spread of the virus.

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