Dengue fever

53 dengue cases reported in Singapore last week, highest weekly total so far in 2026

There were six reported active dengue clusters as at May 25 – none of which were pegged with a red alert level, defined as a high-risk area with 10 or more cases.

S’pore dengue cases drop 66% in first 5 months of 2026; most breeding sites in 2025 found in homes

Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Janil Puthucheary speaking at the launch of the National Dengue Prevention Campaign 2026 on May 16.

Google subsidiary expands mosquito facility to strengthen anti-dengue efforts

Mosquitoes pass through lanes in the machines in the Sex Sorting Room, leading out of their container. The system then uses AI to identify and segregate male and female mosquitoes.

Dengue: One dead in three-month period from January to March, nearly 30% drop in case numbers

NEA also identified 24 dengue clusters from January to March, a decrease of about 56 per cent from the previous quarter.

Expanded Project Wolbachia helped prevent almost 4,000 dengue cases in 2023, study finds

Closed up of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes photographed at Wolbachia mosquito breeding facility on Feb 22, 2024.

Project Wolbachia to cover more than 50% of households in Singapore by October

Between April and October, the programme will be progressively rolled out to Bukit Panjang, Little India, Pioneer, Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio.

India moves closer to dengue vaccine as final trials under way

This photograph taken on January 29, 2026 shows a researcher carrying samples at the vaccine laboratory of Panacea Biotec, a pharmaceutical company in New Delhi. As dengue surges globally, an Indian vaccine candidate has entered the final stage of testing, raising hopes for one of the world's first single-dose shots against the deadly mosquito-borne disease. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Proteins in urine can be used to test for dengue, show likely severity of disease: S’pore study

azurine - Dr Andrew Teo, senior research fellow at the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and Dr Chia Po Ying, head of the research office at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, are among the authors of a study that found that two substances in urine are biomarkers for dengue, suggesting that a urine test could spot severe dengue early.
Credit: NTU LKCMedicine

Project Wolbachia to be expanded to 4 new locations from end-January to March

With the latest expansion of Project Wolbachia, its total coverage will increase to 740,000 households in Singapore.

Dengue cases in S’pore hit 7-year low in 2025 amid global decrease

There were 3,990 cases of dengue reported in 2025 as at Dec 26 – a drop of about 70 per cent from the 13,651 cases seen in 2024.

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