Puerto Rico has declared a dengue fever epidemic following a spike in cases, prompting questions about the mosquito-borne virus. The U.S. territory declared the public health emergency Monday, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m an infectious diseases physician, scientist, leader, and entrepreneur. Dengue is a miserable illness caused by infection with ...

Dengue is one of the world's fastest-spreading mosquito-borne diseases, causing millions of infections annually. Half of the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory warning of an increase in dengue virus infections this year. Dengue is a viral disease caused by any of the four dengue ...

In the Americas alone, almost 10.4 million suspected cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, were reported to the World Health Organization in 2024 as of the first week of July, an increase ...

This research comes as dengue-carrying mosquitoes expand their territory into new regions, including Southern California. Children who experience multiple cases of dengue virus develop an army of ...

It's already a record-breaking year for dengue infections in Central and South America, with almost 10 million cases diagnosed so far. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of ...

Los Angeles health officials have confirmed another case of the mosquito-borne dengue fever, bringing the total number of cases this year to four. The latest case was confirmed in Panorama City, The ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with researchers in Nepal, have found that waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) may increase the risk of more severe dengue ...