Dengue fever was commonplace in Florida until the 1930s. Air conditioning, window screens and better mosquito control helped break the dengue cycle. Now the mosquito-borne illness is back.

The dengue virus is spread through a human-to-mosquito-to-human cycle of transmission (Figure 2). Typically, four days after being bit by an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, a person will develop ...

Dengue fever was commonplace in Florida until the 1930s. Air conditioning, window screens and better mosquito control helped break the dengue cycle. Now the mosquito-borne illness is back.

Miami-Dade reported its first case of mosquito-borne dengue in 2022. FIU and Florida health department experts offer tips on protection, traveling and who is at most risk.

As if COVID, monkeypox and triple-digit heat indices aren’t enough to make you consider sealing yourself inside an air-conditioned hazmat suit, the announcement by Florida’s health department ...

Understanding the dengue cycle. After being bitten, a person will not immediately show symptoms of dengue fever. Usually it takes around four to seven days before signs and symptoms occur.

ANYONE walking into a hospital in an urban area these days is likely to be swarmed by dengue or suspected dengue patients. Last year, an astronomical 108,698 dengue cases with 215 deaths were ...

As of Feb. 27, more than 973,000 likely dengue cases had been notified in the country this year. According to the health ministry, 195 people died because of the disease, while 672 further obits ...

Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse. Climate change helped fuel an explosion of dengue cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico, as mosquitoes multiply in ...

The dengue virus is spread through a human-to-mosquito-to-human cycle of transmission, with the mosquito <i>Aedes aegypti</i> as the primary vector. These mosquitoes live near humans in tropical ...