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2 days ago · Brazil has recorded 5,100,766 probable cases of dengue fever in 2024. The figure represents more than three times the amount of likely cases of the disease identified in the whole of last year ...
14 hours ago · The Pan American Health Organization has recorded 3,274 deaths and 7.6 million cases of dengue in Latin America and the Caribbean this year. That’s more cases than it reported in all of 2022 and ...
2 days ago · Data from Brazil’s Ministry of Health shows that the country surpassed 5 million dengue fever cases in 2024, meaning an all-time record: it is higher than the government's most pessimistic forecasts. In January, the Ministry of Health released its numbers for this year's epidemiological scenario. At the time, there were already signs that the ...
2 days ago · According to the latest official bulletin, Brazil counts 5,145,295 probable cases of dengue so far in 2024, data that triple the figures recorded in all 2023, when the number of patients rose to 1,649,144. The age group most affected is in the 20-29 age group, of which more than 935,000 have been recorded. Brazil’s Ministry of Health ...
14 hours ago · Most infections are linked to Cuba, Brazil and Colombia. Miami’s role as the gateway to Latin America has also made it the US epicenter of dengue fever. Cases of the mosquito-borne illness in Florida have more than doubled this year compared with the same period in 2023, as unsuspecting travelers have carried the virus back from the Caribbean ...
1 day ago · Dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral infection, is exploding in the Caribbean and Central and South America. According to the Pan-American Health Organization, over 5 million cases of the disease have been reported in the region so far this year. Last year, climate change and an El Niño weather pattern combined to create the ...
4 days ago · FILE - Patients suspected of having dengue fever get care at a health center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) The first dengue vaccine that the WHO approved ...
