In Tampa, Florida, a woman has died from dengue fever — the first recorded death from the mosquito-borne illness during what officials describe as one of the state's worst outbreaks in recent memory. Cases have spread across multiple counties, including Orange and Hillsborough, suggesting the virus is no longer a traveler's import but a resident threat. The outbreak asks a quiet but urgent question of a warming world: which diseases, long held at geographic distance, are now finding permanent homes in new places?
Florida records first dengue fever death as outbreak accelerates
One death from dengue fever reported in Tampa, Florida.