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A Nassau County resident has tested positive for chikungunya, marking the first locally acquired case of the rarely fatal mosquito-borne illness in New York State, health officials announced Tuesday.

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New Yorkers have been warned of a locally-acquired case of chikungunya, the first of its kind to be reported in the US in six years. The New York State Department of Health announced on Tuesday, 14 ...

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...

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Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...

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MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the ...