Officials at a Long Island hospital have diagnosed three patients with a debilitating tropical infection spread by mosquitoes. The patients at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset acquired the ...

Long Island medical experts say the decision by a federal vaccine advisory committee to change the recommendations for when ...

A resident of New York has contracted the state's first known case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease acquired locally, officials said. The person infected in Long Island likely got the virus ...

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ...

Stacey Sager has more on the chikungunya scare on Long Island. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ...

Chikungunya virus is transmitted by infected mosquitos and mostly causes mild symptoms, though it can cause debilitating joint pain that persists for months or even years in rare cases. A person ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) — Concerns over the West Nile virus continue to grow, as the first human cases in New York City were reported last week, according to city health officials. The New York ...