Puerto Rico health officials have declared an epidemic after an alarming rise in cases of the “bone-breaking” disease. The US territory has recorded at least 549 cases of dengue this …
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How Brazil’s ferocious dengue fever outbreak is a warning to the world: Patients motionless on waiting room floors, wailing in agony from ‘bone breaking disease’
by AlexanderDengue fever is rampant across most of South America, forcing patients to languish on hospital floors as doctors are overwhelmed. Brazil has recorded more than 1.5 million cases and 390 …
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Brazil declares state of emergency due to surge in dengue fever cases just as millions of tourists from around the world arrive for Rio carnival
by AlexanderRio de Janeiro has declared a state of emergency amid rising dengue cases, just as millions of tourists are arriving in Brazil for the city’s famous carnival. Meanwhile, Sao Paulo, …