Businesses, schools and government offices will remain closed in Cape Verde on Friday for a day of mobilisation in an attempt to curb a dengue epidemic

A dengue fever epidemic that has already killed six people in Cape Verde has stabilised with less than 600 new cases daily reported in the last two days, authorities here said Monday.

The Philippines has issued a nationwide dengue fever alert after recording more than 4,000 cases in the second week of September, the health department said Wednesday.

Angry at the authorities’ callous attitude, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government’s health department and Delhi’s civic bodies to

With 481,000 cases reported in the first nine months of this year, Brazil is facing an epidemic of dengue fever; the Spanish news agency EFE quoted Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao as saying.

Over two dozen people in Madhya Pradesh are suffering from dengue fever as the potentially fatal disease spread to Indore division after Jabalpur, health officials said.

Sanofi Pasteur, the French drugmaker has announced tests on its experimental dengue fever vaccine has proved successful. It boosted immunity against all

Mexican health authorities Saturday began aerial spraying of southern Tabasco state, including its capital Villahermosa, after massive floods earlier

A study has found that the drugs that are commonly used to treat dementia might not help in treating people considered to be close to developing the condition.

The Philippines has recorded nearly 40,000 cases of dengue fever in the first 11 months of the year, the health department said Thursday.

The number of cases for the 11 months had risen 11.