MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Thousands of travelers to the Caribbean and nearby regions are coming home with an unwanted souvenir: a mosquito-borne virus that recently settled there. The virus is called chikungunya (chih-kihn-GOON’-yuh). It can cause severe, often disabling joint pain, fever, rash and other problems. Few U.S. doctors have ever seen a […]
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