On Thursday, federal officials announced that the tropical Chikungunya mosquito-borne disease had been transmitted for the first time within the United States, infecting two Florida residents. What’s notable about these cases is that the people affected reported no recent…
May 12

By Jaywon Choe
U.S. health officials have confirmed that a second case of the deadly MERS virus has reached American shores – this time in Florida.
May 02

By Sam Lane
U.S. health officials have identified the first American infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.
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In other news Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control reported three times more cases of West Nile virus so far this year, blaming weather conditions that fostered optimal breeding conditions for mosquitoes. Also, a new study reveals that older fathers…
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