Tag: Dengue

Venezuela Implements a National Vaccination and Fumigation Plan To Prevent Dengue
Venezuelan health authorities, with the support of citizens, are carrying out a national vaccination and fumigation plan in various communities across the country to prevent dengue fever, the Ministry of Health reported this Saturday. RELATED: Puerto Rico Reports First Dengue Death of 2025 Amid Rising Cases and Epidemic Alert According to an official note, the […]
March 29, 2025

Puerto Rico Reports First Dengue Death of 2025 Amid Rising Cases and Epidemic Alert
The epidemiological report for week 07 of 2025 reveals that the most affected regions are Bayamón, Metro, and Arecibo, which have recorded the highest incidence rates. Related: São Paulo Declares Dengue Epidemic After Surpassing Critical Case Threshold The Puerto Rico Department of Health confirmed on Monday the first dengue-related death on the island since the […]
March 3, 2025

Brazil Announces Development of Its First Dengue Vaccine
Although around 402,000 cases have been recorded so far this year—a 30% decrease compared to the same period last year—the numbers remain concerning. Related: São Paulo Declares Dengue Epidemic After Surpassing Critical Case Threshold This Tuesday, the Brazilian government took a significant step in the fight against dengue by announcing the production of the first […]
February 25, 2025

São Paulo Declares Dengue Epidemic After Surpassing Critical Case Threshold
Although the majority of cases have been reported in the interior of the state, the city of São Paulo has a lower incidence with 52.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Related: Sudan: Cholera Cases Rise to 30,880, Dengue Fever to 6,011 The health authorities of São Paulo, Brazil, declared a dengue epidemic in the region this […]
February 21, 2025

Trinidad & Tobago: Deaths from Dengue Fever Rise to 18, Seven in September
A total of 18 people have died from dengue in Trinidad and Tobago since the outbreak began three months ago, with seven cases recorded this September, the Trinitarian Ministry of Health announced on Friday. Related:Hondurean People Join to the D-Day Against the Dengue Health also reported in a brief report that laboratory-confirmed cases of infection […]
September 20, 2024

Hondurean People Join to the D-Day Against the Dengue
Hundreds of people joined the fight against the dengue mosquito in Honduras on ‘D-Day’ this Friday, a disease that has left at least 137 dead and over 109,000 cases registered so far in 2024 in the Central American country. Related:Honduras Prepares to Receive a Shipment of Dengue Vaccines by October “D-Day is an opportunity for […]
August 23, 2024

El Salvador: Seven children died from dengue in 2024
According to the Pan American Health Organization, there is no specialized drug for this.
August 12, 2024

Honduras Prepares to Receive a Shipment of Dengue Vaccines by October
Amy Tovar, an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, told reporters that TAK-003 vaccines, developed in Japan, will be applied to children between the ages of 5 and 16.
July 10, 2024

PAHO Reports Low Mortality From Dengue Cases in Latin America and the Caribbean
Experts consider that the increase in cases is related to the territorial expansion of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, its main vector, favored by climate change and phenomena such as El Niño.
June 21, 2024

Dengue To Cover Brazil and Mexico by 2039
Researchers used AI to understand how connections between areas and environmental conditions interact. A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that dengue will cover nearly all municipalities of Brazil and Mexico, the two largest Latin American countries, by 2039. RELATED: More Than 5 Million Dengue Cases Recorded in Brazil Conducted with contributions […]