Growing risk of dengue fever as virus spreads

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Published 2024-05-28
Health authorities say Americans face a growing risk of dengue fever from mosquitos that are common in the United States. The concern comes as cases of dengue have increased dramatically in Central and South America. NBC News's Anne Thompson reports.

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All Comments (21)
  • @SideB1984
    I got dengue 10 years ago on business travel in Singapore. My life has never been the same. Post viral illness is under researched and poorly understood, not well supported by the current healthcare system.
  • My friend in Brazil contracted it several months ago. He survived but he said he isn't the same physically or mentally.
  • @OWK000
    Hit Harbor freight for bug zappers. The stationary kind and the fly swatter tennis racket looking thing. I am sure there are more versions of the stationary bug zapper around as well. Make sure there is no standing water in your back yard. It's shocking that it only takes 4 days for them to pass through that part of the breeding cycle. Just learned that. Empty your watering cans.
  • @seedofwonder
    0:52 "Scientist Mike Vaughan fr1ckin tracks the bug's global reach..." Ok, everyone calm down!
  • @FMFvideos
    About 1% of the entire brazil population had dengue this year.
  • @eewilson9835
    I know those mosquitos VERY frigkin well, and when I told the locals here in NORTH idaho the "friendly" people cannot discus it or wrap thier "minds" around it, its here, and they are going to get dengue.
  • @zebfox011
    Remember when the cdc said they will no longer spray for mosquitoes?
  • @katet4222
    Normal occurrence in the Philippines.
  • @EvetteLewis05
    I wrote senator Josh Hawley over a year ago about Dengue last year that it is coming to america. Me and my are American citizens living in the Philippines and both got it at the same time. And started to do self studies on it. It almost killed us both This was during Covid19 at its wprst when we both got infected. We both pulled through. Never received a response from Senator Jawleys office.
  • @Itsmeagain828
    Is that from the Gates mosquitoes? That one has been on my bingo card every year since 2020.
  • @lovesick6637
    Mosquito eating fish?? That even exist? I've only know about the giant elephant mosquito which aren't blood sucking but larvae do feed or other larvae & they tend to lay their eggs same place where other mosquito does.
  • @KingxDavid2024
    Why am I from Florida and haven’t heard of a soul contracting this illness lol