The New York State Health Department is investigating a possible case of the rare mosquito-borne virus, chikungunya.
Officials say a 60-year-old woman from Hempstead, Long Island, told the New York Times that she tested positive for it in a preliminary test.
She said she was stricken with severe joint pain and she also told the newspaper she had not traveled anywhere recently — which is what makes her case different from others in our area in the past…