Latest Dengue fever News

Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year

Mar. 28, 2024 15:14 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease reported so far, health officials said Thursday. That tally is three times the number of cases reported at this point last...

Rio de Janeiro declares a dengue health emergency days ahead of Carnival

Mar. 28, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Monday has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, the city announced Monday, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil. The outbreak wasn't expected to derail Carnival,...

Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases

Mar. 25, 2024 21:22 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's health secretary declared an epidemic on Monday following a spike in dengue cases. The U.S. territory of 3.2 million people has reported at least 549 cases so far this year, compared with a total of 1,293 cases for all of last year. The...

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a difference

Mar. 03, 2024 22:45 PM EST

NITEROI, Brazil (AP) — Since Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever last month, the city has ramped up testing capacities, opened up a dozen dengue health centers and trained medical staff to attend to the ever-growing needs of its population. ...

Dengue cases in Peru are surging, fueled by mosquitoes and high temperatures brought by El Niño

Mar. 01, 2024 18:29 PM EST

PIURA, Peru (AP) — Residents of Pedregal Grande, a poor neighborhood in the Peruvian city of Piura, receive water for only 30 minutes a day because of shortages, forcing them to collect it in plastic tanks that have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Scorching temperatures...

Peru has declared a health emergency in most of its provinces as dengue cases soar

Feb. 27, 2024 05:28 AM EST

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces on Monday due to a growing number of dengue cases that are occurring at a time of higher than usual temperatures caused by the El Nino weather pattern. According to the nation’s health ministry, the...

Brazil's health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic

Feb. 16, 2024 03:42 AM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs. They were part of nationwide efforts to curtail a surge in Brazil of the...

Never mind the mess, Carnival kicks off in Rio de Janeiro with coronation of King Momo

Feb. 09, 2024 19:57 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro's mayor coronated King Momo on Friday, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch's five-day reign over the revelry. “I officially declare Carnival 2024 open!” King Momo said after Mayor Eduardo Paes...