Three Cases of Mpox Tied to Severe Illness Worry Health Experts NYT | Top Stories Andrew Jacobs 18 October 2025 at 05:51 None of the patients, all California residents, had traveled abroad, suggesting the Clade 1 form was transmitted locally. © Alisha Jucevic for The New York TimesA vaccine vial for mpox.
How a Long Island Woman Was Diagnosed With Chikungunya NYT | Top Stories Joseph Goldstein 18 October 2025 at 00:00 A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the United States. © Mimi d’Autremont for The New York TimesThe Long Island woman who was diagnosed with chikungunya virus is an inveterate gardener. Maybe, she thinks, that’s how she was exposed to a mosquito carrying the disease.