If the health officials would have it their way, fighting dengue should be as easy as ABKD—or through “Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue.” ABKD (Abakada) was launched Thursday by a threefold ...

Four states—Florida, Hawaii, Texas and Arizona—have already documented locally acquired cases of dengue, which is also known as “breakbone fever” on account of the severe pain it causes.

Dengue is breaking records in the Americas — what’s behind the surge? Increasing temperatures contribute to longer dengue seasons, and could drive the geographical expansion of the disease.

Where exactly are cases of dengue fever being detected? What to know after U.S. health officials warned doctors to be alert for the mosquito-borne virus.

Heading to Fiji? The CDC warns of a dengue fever surge as mosquito-borne cases spike. Protect yourself with repellents, long sleeves and mosquito nets.

Dengue, spread through mosquito bites, has been found in Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Despite the intensive anti-dengue efforts through the Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD) and information education dissemination campaigns, all local governments in the province had already ...

ABKD, Pagtibayin!” (ABKD refers to Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue)—will focus on residents’ stopping every 4 p.m. to look inside and outside their houses to search for and destroy possible ...

Through an inter-agency cooperation strategy tagged Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD),the country’s more than 42,000 villages were tapped to lead its implementation “in order to reduce ...

Fearing an increase in dengue even during summer, the Department of Health (DOH) relaunched its “4 o’clock habit” program against the mosquito-borne disease in Batangas City the other day.

After declaring a state of calamity due to an outbreak of dengue cases in July, the town of San Miguel in this province has started to experience a declining number of residents infected with the ...