HealthDay News — Health officials in China are reporting more than 8,000 cases of chikungunya, a virus spread by mosquitoes that can cause fever and painful joints.

These crises pose serious risks to health, safety, and trip continuity. From waterborne illnesses and foodborne outbreaks to ...

The Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection announces that one new imported case of chikungunya fever had been ...

Singapore is at risk of chikungunya transmission as the number of reported cases this year has more than doubled compared to ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control the deadliest animal in the world is the mosquito. "The mosquito kills more people than any other creature in the world," the CDC said, noting the flying ...

Spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, global infections of the disease number at least 240,000 this year.

Health officials on Tuesday reported a new imported infection of chikungunya fever, bringing the total to six this year. The ...

Thousands of cases of the chikungunya virus, which sickens people bitten by an infected mosquito, have broken out in China ...

Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can get to many countries if it finds the right hosts ...

China is experiencing its largest-ever outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that causes fever, nausea and severe joint pain. More than 8,000 people have contracted the disease around the ...

China doesn't have access to those vaccines. Instead, health officials there are using other methods to slow the outbreak, such as using drones to spray mosquito repellent and releasing fish into ...

China reports nearly 8000 chikungunya cases in Guangdong Province, with most mild but linked to expanding Aedes mosquito habitats and climate change impacts.