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The CDC updated a travel advisory after logging more cases than usual of a mosquito-borne virus. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n
The CDC listed 16 countries with an increased risk of contracting dengue fever if bitten, warning travelers to take precautions.<\/p>\n
An unusual uptick of cases was noted among US travelers returning from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Cook Islands,\u00a0Cuba, Guyana, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, New Caledonia,\u00a0Pakistan, Samoa, Sudan, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
While the illness can take up to two weeks to develop, dengue can become severe within hours.<\/p>\n
Early symptoms<\/a> typically include fever, headache, eye pain, nausea, vomiting, rash, muscle and joint pain and minor bleeding.<\/p>\n More severe cases<\/a> can bring about hemorrhage (uncontrolled bleeding), blood in vomit or stool, dangerously low blood pressure, organ failure and even death.<\/p>\n Most US cases are a result of international travel, as the disease was virtually eradicated here in the 1970s, except for sporadic outbreaks in warmer states like Florida and California.<\/p>\n Level 1 advisories are the lowest level of travel alerts, with Americans urged to \u201cpractice usual precautions.\u201d Still, travelers are strongly recommended to wear long-sleeved shirts and pants when outdoors, sleep in a room with window screens or air conditioning and use an EPA-certified insect repellent.<\/p>\n Even if symptoms aren\u2019t present, those who have just gotten back from a trip should continue to practice these precautions to avoid mosquito bites for three weeks.<\/p>\n Dengue is a year-round threat for travelers, and outbreaks commonly occur every two to five years in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n Over 6,800 cases were confirmed in the US in 2024, more than double the previous year, with reports coming from Texas<\/a>, California, Florida<\/a> and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n About half of the world\u2019s population is at risk of dengue, with an estimated 100 to 400 million infections occurring each year, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, a vaccine isn\u2019t available for US travelers who are only visiting an area where dengue is common.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no specific treatment for the disease, but acetaminophen is recommended for pain and fever reduction, as well as plenty of fluids and rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring breakers and summer vacationers, pack some extra bug spray. The CDC updated warnings for travelers this week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[13897,8006,97,29899,5599,70314,2427,4871],"class_list":["post-543384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-cdc","tag-diseases","tag-health","tag-mosquitoes","tag-public-health","tag-spring-break","tag-travel","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Travelers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/124321343.jpg\")
Dengue can bring about fever, rash, vomiting and joint pain, or uncontrolled brain bleeding in more severe cases. Montrey \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n