CDC Issues Oropouche Virus Alert for US Travelers and Doctors

Published on August 20, 2024

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a health alert and a separate travel alert to Cuba because of an increase in Oropouche virus disease in the Americas region, saying the disease has caused two deaths so far this year. Oropouche virus spreads through the bites of infected midges, which are small flies, and possibly certain mosquitoes, officials say. So far in 2024, more than 8,000 cases of the virus have been reported in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Cuba, with two deaths and five cases associated with fetal death or “congenital abnormalities,” the CDC said. Several travel-associated cases of the virus have been reported in the United States and Europe as well, the agency said....

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