Dengue fever on the rise in the US, CDC warns

Dengue fever on the rise in the US, CDC warns

Climate change is making the potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness more prevalent

Health authorities of Argentina reported on Tuesday that in the epidemic period, which ranges from week 31 of year 2024 to week 15 of 2025, at least 6,000 dengue cases were reported. READ ALSO: 17 people are confirmed dead by dengue in Peru The health portfolio detailed that a total of 5,936 cases were counted, of which 5,793 do not report a travel history. They also specified that the 143 cases that do relate to foreign travel and concern peopl…

DOH Updates Testing Criteria for Dengue as Cases Rise

A sharp rise in dengue around the world and in Hawaiʻi has prompted the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) to update dengue testing criteria to strengthen DOH’s ability to detect local transmission and deploy response measures rapidly. So far in 2025, there have been seven confirmed dengue cases in Hawaiʻi, all travel-related, putting the state on track to surpass the 16 travel-related cases in 2024. In previous years, there were only about four…

Taiwan stages APEC dengue prevention conference

A conference on dengue prevention and control was held April 22-23 in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan to facilitate 　discussion between members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on ways to e...

Dengue Outbreaks: The Growing Threat and Global Response

Dengue’s rise in 2024, influenced by climate change and shifting serotypes, underscores the need for effective vaccines to curb the expanding global threat. Medscape Medical News

Divyanka Tripathi battles dengue, uses Papaya leaf juice as remedy

Popular TV actress Divyanka Tripathi is currently recovering from dengue, and her husband, actor Vivek Dahiya, is doing his bit to help her heal. In a recent video he was making her drink of raw papaya leaf juice, a traditional remedy often used to boost platelet counts during dengue infections. In a recent YouTube vlog, Vivek shared a glimpse of their home life as he carefully prepared the juice by crushing fresh papaya leaves and straining the…