Dengue - Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the dengue virus, with the potential to cause a serious public health impact. Dengue infections are the most common vector-borne viral infections worldwide, particularly impacting tropical and subtropical countries. DENV has the potential to cause epidemics resulting in high morbidity and ...
CDC warns a surge in global dengue cases is raising risk in US
Jun 25, 2024 · A surge in dengue cases globally is raising the risk that people could catch the disease in the US. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning to doctors Tuesday to be on...
Maps show dengue fever risk areas as CDC warns of global ... - CBS News
Jul 3, 2024 · Where exactly are cases of dengue fever being detected? What to know after U.S. health officials warned doctors to be alert for the mosquito-borne virus.
Increased Risk of Dengue Virus Infections in the United States
Jun 25, 2024 · Dengue cases resurged globally after the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, more than 4.6 million cases and 4000 deaths were reported in the Americas region. As of June 24, 2024, more than 9.7 million dengue cases have been reported in the Americas, twice as many as in all of 2023 (4.6 million cases).
WHO announces plan to combat dengue as cases double amid …
2 days ago · The UN health agency said that the number of reported dengue cases has doubled yearly since 2021. More than 7,900 deaths were reported in just the first eight months of 2024.
Dengue fever, once confined to the tropics, now threatens ... - NBC News
May 28, 2024 · Dengue fever, once confined to the tropics, now threatens the U.S. Climate change is expanding the habitat of the mosquitoes that carry the disease, allowing them to spread further north. 0 ...
WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine
May 15, 2024 · A new vaccine for dengue received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be prequalified by WHO. Developed by Takeda, it is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of the four serotypes of the virus that cause dengue.
Dengue - Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 21, 2023 · The global incidence of dengue has markedly increased over the past two decades, posing a substantial public health challenge. From 2000 to 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) documented a ten-fold surge in reported cases worldwide increasing from 500 000 to 5.2 million.
Dengue is spreading. Can new vaccines and antivirals halt its
Nov 7, 2023 · Two dengue vaccines have received regulatory approvals so far. Dengvaxia, a vaccine made by Sanofi in Paris, has a 60% overall efficacy rate 1 against symptomatic dengue, but it is only ...
Dengue is breaking records in the Americas - Nature
Jul 27, 2023 · Severe cases can be fatal: more than 1,300 people have died from dengue in the Americas so far this year. Range expansion. Dengue is spreading to regions that were once off-limits to A. aegypti...