State health commissioner says risk to the public remains 'very low' as mosquito activity decreases with cooler temperatures ...
New York health officials have confirmed the state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus and the first such case ...
New York health officials have confirmed the first case of locally acquired chikungunya virus in the state and the first in ...
Testing proved that a Long Island woman had been exposed to the mosquito-borne virus, which is more commonly seen in the ...
The case of the tropical disease is believed to be locally acquired, not travel related. That hasn't happened in the United ...
A New York resident has tested positive for chikungunya in what health officials said is the first locally acquired case of ...
A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the ...
Authorities attribute the situation to the hot, rainy months, when the mosquitoes that transmit the virus increase in number.