| Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Chikungunya |
| Blog of the Week |
| CDC SCIENTIST FIGHTS CHIKUNGUNYA |
| One of the most telling signs of the complexity surrounding chikungunya is that educating people on pronouncing the name correctly is perhaps the easiest challenge. For the record, it’s pronounced chick-un-goon-ya. It is an often overlooked, mosquito-borne threat to public health—one that holds the potential to spread sickness and misery in the United States…read blog |
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| Infographic of the Week |
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| Video of the Week |
| CONFIRMED CASE OF CHIKUNGUNYA REPORTED IN FLORIDA |
| Officials with the Florida Department of Health in Lee County recently reported a confirmed case of chikungunya fever. The first imported case of chikungunya involves a 71-year-old man who recently returned from a visit to the Dominican Republic…watch video |
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| Story of the Week |
| CHIKUNGUNYA: A NEW MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE HITS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES |
| Health officials at CDC and all across the Americas have been tracking the spread of the chikungunya virus since December 2013 when it was first discovered in the Caribbean on Saint Martin. While outbreaks of the virus have previously been reported in some parts of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, this is the first time the virus has been found among non-travelers in the Western Hemisphere. Chikungunya virus is transmitted to people through mosquito bites. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person with the virus. Infected mosquitoes then spread the virus to other people…read story |
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| In the News |
The worm turns no more…
PLOS, July 8, 2014
CDC official visiting PATH sees innovation in immunization
PATH, July 3, 2014
Crisis talks held as Ebola outbreak continues to spread in Africa
UPI, July 2, 2014 |
| On the Calendar |
July 28: World Hepatitis Day
August 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week
August 12: International Youth Day |
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