SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year, health officials said Tuesday. The number of cases in the region, which includes the United States, is the highest reported since record keeping began …
Initial shipment of more than 1.1 million cholera jabs to be distributed in areas with most reported cases, PAHO says. The Haitian government is expected to launch a cholera vaccination campaign this week, the World Health Organization and local officials have said after the Caribbean nation received its first shipment of jabs. The country received an initial shipment of approximately …