Cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever, which causes a rash and high fever, are on the rise Getty (2) The United States is at an increased risk for mosquito-borne dengue fever — which can be fatal in ...

Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections. Cases have spiked in large part due to ...

A new study published Thursday warns that tiger mosquitoes are increasingly spreading to Europe because of climate change, raising the risk that tropical diseases such as dengue and chikungunya become ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Large parts of Europe, West and Central Africa, and South America face the threat of outbreaks of the deadly dengue virus due to climate change and urbanisation, ...

Short but severe episodes of flooding from hurricanes in Texas and Florida triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance sign-ups depending on how socially connected a county was to the flooded ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials are warning of an increased dengue virus risk, as cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease hit record numbers in other parts of the world. The U.S. Centers for ...

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Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...