State health commissioner says risk to the public remains 'very low' as mosquito activity decreases with cooler temperatures.

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 ...

Pickleball-related eye injuries rose by more than 400 cases a year from 2021 to 2024, up from around 200 annually during the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of the Chikungunya virus. The ...

Health officials are on high alert after a case of the chikungunya virus was reported in the U.S. for the first time in six years.

A New York resident has tested positive for chikungunya in what health officials said is the first locally acquired case of ...

A Long Island resident tested positive for the chikungunya virus, marking the first U.S. case of local transmission since ...

Chikungunya is a disease caused by a virus of the same name. The chikungunya virus was first identified in people sickened during an outbreak in Tanzania in 1952. Its name is derived from a word in ...

People infected with the chikungunya virus can develop serious joint pain and experience trouble moving for weeks, or even ...

A Nassau County resident has tested positive for chikungunya, marking the first locally acquired case of the rarely fatal ...