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When a doctor in Pasadena, California, reported in October that a hospital patient was exhibiting classic symptoms of dengue fever, such as vomiting, a rash, and bone and joint pain, local disease investigators snapped into action.

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The $900,000 grant check will help fund the city's PORT program through October 2024.

Officials say the risk of exposure to the virus, which is spread by mosquito bites, is very low for residents

Extremely Rare Case Of Dengue Fever Reported In LA County - Pasadena, CA - It is the first time California documented a case of locally transmitted dengue. The disease is not endemic in the state.

California has reported its first locally acquired case of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus typically associated with tropical environments—part of a trend that has seen the...

First Reported Case of Locally Transmitted Dengue Virus in Calif.

It's the first known case in California to occur in a person who hadn't recently traveled.

Record rainfall in the state has driven local mosquito populations to four times their average.

Pasadena health officials Friday reported what they call an "extremely rare" case of local transmission of the mosquito-borne dengue virus.