At the start of fall, I reported on an ‘unprecedented cluster’ of locally acquired dengue fever in Los Angeles County.

Earlier this summer, I shared the news that Florida health officials issued a dengue fever alert after a second case of a locally acquired infection was reported in the Keys and several more were reported in Miami-Dade County, and that  200 New York and New Jersey residents have been diagnosed with “break-bone Fever.”

Now the Lone Star State is reporting its first case of locally transmitted dengue fever.

Texas’ first locally transmitted case of dengue fever in 2024 has been recorded as the state is experiencing its highest annual case count in decades, officials say.

The mosquito-driven virus was found in a resident of Cameron County, which is the southernmost county in the state, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)...