Cairns, in the state's far north, used to have yearly outbreaks of dengue fever, including one in 2008-09 which infected nearly 1,000 people. Then in 2011 the Monash University-owned World ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just issued a warning for the tropical hot spot as dengue fever cases spike across the Western Pacific. Dengue, a potentially deadly virus spread by ...

Dengue fever is in the news right now after the death of a young Samoan boy at Starship Hospital last week. As many New Zealanders travel to the Pacific Islands, the recent outbreak means it’s ...

Cairns has recorded its first case of dengue fever in almost a decade, breaking a stretch without community transmission of the mosquito-borne virus in Far North Queensland. Health authorities ...

SUVA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Samoan Ministry of Health has declared a dengue fever outbreak with one reported death and 15 confirmed cases since January. The ministry said in a statement on ...

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Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes and poses a growing health concern in warm-weather countries. According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease is potentially life-threatening ...

Feeling sick with fever, aches, and exhaustion? It's easy to mistake it for the common flu, but especially when mosquitoes are active, it could be something more serious like malaria, dengue ...