BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – The Vermont Health Department is warning travelers to the Caribbean, Central and South America and parts of Mexico of a new mosquito-borne disease. In 2013 the Chikungunya virus was found for the first time in the Americas.
Lindsay Lohan is in a London hospital with a rare, incurable virus she apparently picked up in Bora Bora TMZ has learned. We're told Lindsay contracted Chikungunya, a virus transmitted by mosquito bites that causes fever,
Ramon Martinez of Health Intelligence takes a look at the Chikungunya virus outbreak in the Americas in 2014. Explore the confirmed and suspected cases of Chikungunya, broken down by country.
In 2014, three imported cases of Chikungunya were confirmed in Bermuda, with all three individuals having travelled to Chikungunya-affected countries in the Caribbean. Investigation by the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit and proactive measures by
Costa Rica's Health Ministry on Monday reported that 106 people have been infected with chikungunya. Of those, 70 contracted the virus in the country. The ministry's Health Surveillance Unit Director Roberto Castro said that most cases involved