A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The resurfacing of a 70-year-old disease has become a cause of public concern with 23,000 confirmed cases. Here is what you ...

The sudden surge of the Oropouche virus in 2023, infecting 23,000 people, has raised concerns about a potential large-scale ...

Oropouche virus, or sloth fever, is still found mostly in a few countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. However, travelers can bring it home if they become infected while ...

A disease transmitted by mosquitoes — the Oropouche virus, or sloth fever — has been detected in the United States. Travelers returning to the U.S. from Cuba had contracted the virus in recent ...

More cases of the Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever, are being reported in the United States this year among travelers returning from Cuba and Brazil.The viral disease, which is ...

Up to late July, Brazil had recorded 7,236 cases of oropouche fever in 20 states, most of which, however, were recorded in Amazonas and Rondônia. In 2023, Brazil recorded about 840 cases.

Mosquitos could spread more disease in the U.S. as their season gets longer 04:09. The Oropouche virus, a potentially fatal disease also referred to as "sloth fever," has made its way to the ...

“Oropouche is a little different because it’s more spread by midges, which is a unique aspect, but many of the symptoms — fever, headaches, nausea and vomiting — are the same,” says Dr ...

West Nile Virus isn’t the only thing spreading around Florida. U.S. health officials are now warning travelers about another insect-borne virus called Oropouche, nicknamed the sloth fever virus ...

The Oropouche virus, which causes a disease nicknamed “sloth fever” for one of the animals that can be infected, has seen its first cases in the U.S. By Mariana Lenharo & Nature News ...

Sloth fever is an informal name for Oropouche virus infections first found in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955. The virus spreads by midges and mosquito bites and is endemic in central and eastern ...