{"id":3529,"date":"2025-10-15T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3529\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:04:08","slug":"ny-confirms-first-locally-acquired-chikungunya-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3529\/","title":{"rendered":"NY confirms first locally acquired chikungunya case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York health officials on Tuesday confirmed the state\u2019s first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/tag\/chikungunya-virus\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/tag\/chikungunya-virus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chikungunya virus <\/a>in an individual who fell ill in Nassau County on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement marks the first locally acquired case reported in any U.S. state or territory since 2019, and the first reported in any U.S. state since 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/chikungunya\/data-maps\/chikungunya-us.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Health\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/press\/releases\/2025\/2025-10-14_chikungunya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed the case<\/a> on Tuesday after lab testing came back positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the much colder nighttime temperatures, the current risk in New York is very low,\u201d New York State Health Commissioner James McDonald said in a statement. \u201cWe urge everyone to take simple precautions to protect themselves and their families from mosquito bites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State health officials said the \u201cprecise source of exposure is not known,\u201d though it confirmed the case was acquired locally \u201cbased on current information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chikungunya <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5438785-chikungunya-virus-china-outbreak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is rarely fatal<\/a>, but it often causes severe joint pain and a fever. Other symptoms include headaches, muscle pain, joint swelling or rashes.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms typically subside within a week, but joint pain can linger for months in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/chikungunya\/causes-and-spread\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CDC says<\/a>\u00a0people can contract the virus if they\u2019re bitten by an infected mosquito. When a mosquito bites an infected person, that mosquito becomes infected and can then spread the virus to other people. People rarely spread the virus to other people.<\/p>\n<p>Chikungunya cases have surged worldwide this year, in particular in the Americas. China has seen its largest outbreak since the virus was first reported there in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York health officials on Tuesday confirmed the state\u2019s first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3930,3797,3931,774,9,11,10,49],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cdc","tag-chikungunya","tag-chikungunya-virus","tag-nassau-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}