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Oropouche virus disease, colloquially dubbed “sloth fever,” has infected more than 20 people returning to the US from Cuba in recent months. None of them has died, and there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that the disease is spreading in the US. However, that hasn’t stopped the CDC’s Emergency Preparedness and Response website from making various recommendations to healthcare providers regarding the so-called “sloth virus.” So far in 2024, just over 8,000 cases of Oropouche have been reported in the Americas – which includes South America. The lion’s share has been in Brazil; two people hav…

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