Total Number Of Dengue Fever Cases In US Now More Than Double The Number Recorded In 2023, Data Reveal

ABC News (10/31, Kekatos) reports, “The total number of dengue fever cases in the U.S. is now more than double the number recorded all of last year, federal data shows.” Over “6,800 cases of dengue have been reported nationally so far this year, according to data from the” CDC. Of those cases, over “4,400 were locally acquired and more than 2,300 are travel associated.” CDC data show that “the 6,800 figure is more than double the 3,352 dengue cases reported during all of 2023.” Recently, two “locally acquired cases of dengue fever were confirmed by the” Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.