Health News 18: CDC Warns of Increase in 'Sloth Fever'

control and prevention are issuing a warning about what's called sloth fever or sloth virus it's not reached the US mostly spread by mosquitos virus goes by the sloth name because sloths are among the animals who regularly get infected and it's found in areas where sloths are present symptoms include fever dizziness nausea vomiting severe headache joint and muscle pain chills or skin rash and in rare cases it can be fatal the CDC says symptoms usually clear up within a week but can return days or weeks later there's no treatment or vaccine for the virus the best defense is insect repellent and using door and window screens