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La Crosse Virus is the Second-Most Common Virus in the US Spread by Mosquitoes – And Can Cause Severe Neurological Damage in Rare Cases
By Rebecca Trout Fryxell Your Health

La Crosse Virus is the Second-Most Common Virus in the US Spread by Mosquitoes – And Can Cause Severe Neurological Damage in Rare Cases

For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad headache. Two days later, Leah was hospitalized nearby with worsening headaches and a slightly elevated white blood cell count. She slept for most of the […]

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Stung By Chikungunya Disease: Know the Signs
By Catherine Roberts Your Health

Stung By Chikungunya Disease: Know the Signs

Chikungunya (pronounced chick-un-GOON-ya) is a viral disease similar to Dengue Fever in that it spreads to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Long a plague to tropical areas of Asia, India, and Africa—Chikungunya has infected roughly 250,000 Caribbean inhabitants (in mosquito-dominated areas like Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, and Martinique) since it’s arrival in […]

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