Climate change may contribute to a northerly range expansion of the biting midges that carry the oropouche virus.

A surge of infections from a tropical virus is raising alarm among public health officials because it appears to be causing birth defects similar to those associated with Zika virus. Known as ...

Experts have issued a new warning about the dangers of terrifying 'sloth fever' after the virus passed from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby, resulting in a stillbirth. Oropouche virus ...

Brit holidaymakers have been issued an urgent warning about the spread of the deadly sloth fever on the Canary Islands - after more visitors were struck by the virus. The illness, which currently ...

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Cases of "sloth virus" have been reported in the U.S. and Europe for the first time. But what is it? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a surge in cases of “Sloth Fever,” or Oropouche virus infection, among U.S. residents linked to travel to Cuba. The Florida ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Sloth Fever, or Oropouche virus, has recently had cases of the virus in the United States, including Florida. The virus was first detected in 1955 in Trinidad and Tobago ...

The virus gets the name “Sloth Virus” as the virus is transmitted between mosquitoes and non-human-vertebrate hosts such as sloths. Oropouche virus disease typically presents as an abrupt ...

As of Aug. 16, there have been 21 cases of Oropouche virus disease, sometimes called "sloth fever," detected among U.S. travelers returning from Cuba, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Oropouche virus is also known as ‘sloth fever’ but is found in a number of other animals in the wild (Credit: Getty Images) A mysterious virus once confined to the Amazon is now spreading more ...

But since late-2023, the virus has been spreading beyond its usual range. It has already caused more than 8,000 cases of the disease – often known by its nickname "sloth fever" – in five ...