Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this y

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