What You Should Know About the Chikungunya Virus

Lindsay Lohan was released from a London hospital Wednesday after being treated for the mosquito-transmitted Chikungunya virus, which she said she contracted last month after vacationing in Bora Bora. 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 … Read more

What You Should Know About the Chikungunya Virus

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 The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] has issued a Travel Health Notice for Bermuda, saying … Read more

What You Should Know About the Chikungunya Virus

A crippling mosquito-borne virus with a tongue-twisting name — Chikungunya — has spread to the Caribbean, and U.S. travelers have brought it home to at least 10 states. 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 … Read more

Mosquitos carrying Chikungunya hitchhiking to the US

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 … Read more