A dengue fever outbreak in Rarotonga has prompted renewed attention on regional health resilience and the role Aotearoa New Zealand plays in supporting Pacific nations facing climate-linked disease ...

Kiwis travelling to the Cook Islands can expect temperature checks and bug-spraying stations on arrival, as the fight against ...

The Cook Islands has reported the first dengue fever-related death of the current outbreak. The health ministry said an elderly patient with underlying conditions died in hospital on 2 February.

A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand, as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak that has seen cases in Aotearoa grow too.

Researchers have found that proteins in urine could be used in a take-home dengue test kit to determine infection and predict ...

When I first felt the chills, body shivers, and a pounding headache at 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, I had no idea that I was about to embark on a harrowing journey with dengue fever. This ...

Brevard is releasing sterilized male mosquitoes to combat dengue fever, Zika and other mosquito-borne illnesses.

Named "the world’s deadliest animal" by the CDC, mosquitoes kill more people than any other creature in the world. Mosquito-borne illnesses, including a rise in and the chikungunya virus and the ...

New Zealanders returning from tropical getaways in the Cook Islands are arriving home carrying the dengue virus, prompting ...

Twelve people in Hawaii have been diagnosed with dengue fever, a potentially serious virus carried by mosquitoes. According to the Hawaii Department of Health, the 12th confirmed case of dengue fever ...

A high number of Kiwis returning with the potentially deadly dengue fever virus - after holidays in the Pacific - are being ...

Dengue cases in Region 1 increased by 11 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year, health officials said, as ...