Health News New York Health Officials Confirm State’s First Locally Acquired Case Of Chikungunya Virus

New York health officials confirm state's first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

The state Health Department said the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person living in Nassau County on Long Island. Read More

First locally acquired chikungunya case confirmed in New York

New York health officials on Tuesday confirmed the state’s first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in a person who fell ill in Nassau County on Long Island. The ... Read More

Chikungunya virus: New York confirms first locally acquired case in US since 2019

Health officials confirm the first locally acquired chikungunya virus case in the United States since 2019, detected in a Nassau County, New York, resident. Read More

New York confirms 1st locally acquired case of chikungunya virus in 6 years in US

The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the first case of the virus reported to be locally acquired in New York and the ... Read More

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya

Testing proved that a Long Island woman had been exposed to the mosquito-borne virus, which is more commonly seen in the Caribbean and Central and South America. Read More

What Is the Chikungunya Virus Now Transmitted in the US for the First Time in Years?

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ... Read More

Chikungunya virus in NY: Symptoms, origin and more to know

A New Yorker living on Long Island tested positive for the Chikungunya virus, making it the first transmission of the illness on U.S. soil in six years, according to state ... Read More

Chikungunya virus case in New York may have been transmitted locally. Here's what we know.

A possible locally-transmitted case of chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness linked to tropical regions, is being investigated by New York state health officials. A New York woman said she ... Read More

Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that triggered panic in China possibly detected in NY

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ... Read More

Possible case of chikungunya virus reported on Long Island

New York State Department of Health officials are investigating whether the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya is circulating in New York after a Nassau County woman tested positive in a preliminary ... Read More

New York confirms first locally acquired Chikungunya case in US since 2019

The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a locally acquired case of Chikungunya on Long Island, the first such case of the mosquito-borne infection reported in the United States since ... Read More