Everything we know about ‘sloth fever’ as it spreads to Europe

A rare virus known as ‘sloth fever’ has been detected in three European countries, with a doctor warning it could ‘become unstoppable’.

Oropouche virus disease, as it is officially known, has been dubbed ‘sloth fever’ because the tree-dwelling animals that live in South America are thought to be an animal host for it.

Dubbed a ‘mysterious threat’ in the prestigious Lancet journal, little...