Study links record-breaking tropical disease outbreak to climate-driven extreme weather
A study of a dengue outbreak in Peru has implications for Florida, where local transmission could increase.
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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
There is growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health.
A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate-health funding
As climate change drives an explosion in dengue cases, studying that connection is about to get much harder.
Protect Florida’s children from mosquito-borne diseases
Climate change, with higher temperatures and increased rainfall, is making Miami a more suitable habitat for mosquitoes.
Dengue fever cases surge as temperatures rise
Experts say a tangled web of factors is driving global spikes in dengue, but one culprit stands out: climate change.
When West Nile virus turns deadly
Climate change is complicating efforts to contain America's most common mosquito-borne illness
Forecasts raise concerns over mosquito-borne illnesses in Florida; endangered right whale found dead
Last year, Florida had its largest dengue outbreak in more than 75 years and first locally transmitted malaria in more ...
Climate change contributing to spread of mosquito-borne illnesses; South Florida named national climate technology hub
Dengue fever is one of many mosquito-borne illnesses to creep back onto U.S. soil recently.
Dengue: Why is this sometimes fatal disease increasing around the world?
The range of the mosquito that spreads dengue fever has moved in recent years to several U.S. states, including Florida.