The advisory is a reminder that protecting public health will increasingly require quick outbreak responses. CDC issues ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans about a fast-spreading outbreak of the ...

U.S. health officials are warning travelers headed to southern China of an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-spread disease that spurred a forceful response.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 2 travel alert on Aug. 14 warning of an “elevated risk” of chikungunya virus exposure in China’s Guangdong province. About the virus ...

The virus typically causes fever and joint pain, but other symptoms include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 5.6 billion people are at risk of arboviral diseases such as chikungunya.

China has reached an astonishing number of 8,000 chikungunya virus cases, according to health officials.The hardest-hit city, Foshan, a city in Guangdong with approximately 10 million residents, has ...

In early August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its polio warning to an increased level that ...

U.S. health officials issued a warning to travelers about a mosquito-borne illness being transmitted in parts of southeast China.

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 ...

Health officials are warning travelers about an outbreak in southern China of a painful mosquito-borne virus called chikungunya, which is spread by infected mosquitoes, mainly Aedes aegypti.

The CDC reported current outbreaks in Bolivia, China, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Somalia, and Sri Lanka. The agency recommends travelers get vaccinated when visiting an area with ...