Florida Sees Spike in Dengue Fever Cases

Florida sees spike in dengue fever cases

Florida is seeing a record number of dengue fever cases this year as the tropical disease thrives in warming climates.

CDC Issues Emergency Response Over Dengue Surge In Florida

CDC Issues Emergency Response Over Dengue Surge In Florida Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an emergency response to the surge in Florida of cases of dengue, a disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, the agency confirmed on Oct. 28."CDC is working with public health leadership to support the dengue outbreak response," Laura Adams, commander in the U.S. Public Health Ser…

CDC Issues Emergency Response Over Mosquito-Borne Dengue Virus Surge

An Aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center in Cali, Colombia, on Jan. 25, 2016. (Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)

CDC activates Level 3 response as Florida dengue cases surge

(CMR) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated a Level 3 emergency response as dengue cases continue to surge in Florida, where more than 700 infections have been recorded this year in what is being described as the largest outbreak in the continental United States in decades. According to the CDC, […]