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Chikungunya

water barrels
Environment
‘Little Teresa’ helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels
doctors at Ipojuca
Health
A ‘tsunami of disease’ slams Brazil’s health system
A worker from a private company fumigates a property for mosquitoes in Port-au-Prince, May 23, 2014. The painful mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya is spreading quickly through the Caribbean, causing alarm in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Repub
Health
Jamaica declares a state of emergency to try to stop the spread of painful chikungunya virus
Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State
Environment
After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida
Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State
Environment
After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida