The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus causes fever and severe joint pain, which can persist for months. With no specific medicine, the best prevention is avoiding mosquito bites.

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral infection, is witnessing a surge in reported cases across several regions, raising public ...

The mosquito-borne disease is sweeping through a province in southern China, which is taking strict measures to quash the outbreak.

The Brief The CDC issued a Level 2 travel alert for a chikungunya outbreak in Guangdong, China. Chikungunya causes fever and severe joint pain but is rarely fatal. Travelers should avoid mosquito ...

Although rare in China, chikungunya outbreaks are common in South and South ... The US has urged travellers to China to exercise "increased caution" following the outbreak. What else is China doing to ...

The Chikungunya virus has spread to parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas after thousands of cases were reported in ...

Studies show that about 35.3 million people are infected with the chikungunya virus each year across 180 countries and territories. While it can be deadly, it’s estimated to cause just 3,700 ...

Public health experts say chikungunya outbreak risk remains low in the U.S. despite over 7,000 cases reported in China, due to lack of the right mosquitoes.

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the manufacturing hub of Foshan near Hong Kong has prompted Chinese authorities to implement robust precautionary measures to prevent new cases from the mosq… ...

"Chikungunya is not a disease that is widely known, but it has been detected and transmitted in 119 countries globally, putting 5.6 billion people at risk," said the WHO's Diana Rojas Alvarez.

The chikungunya virus was first identified in people sickened during an outbreak in Tanzania in 1952. Its name is derived from a word in the Makonde language, which means “that which bends up ...