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Limiting global warming could reduce millions of dengue cases every year May 29, 2018
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Study: People showing no symptoms likely to be primary source of dengue fever May 5, 2018
People showing virtually no symptoms are likely the primary source of dengue fever, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens. Nearly 400 million people each year are infected with dengue virus, which is transmitted through mosquitoes.
Climate change spurs proliferation of disease-bearing insects, increases exposure to viral infections March 16, 2018
Scientists at the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, find that global warming has allowed disease-bearing insects to proliferate, increasing exposure to viral infections.
Lassa fever strikes in Nigeria - high rates of fatality with no cure and no vaccine March 5, 2018
Nigeria has been affected with an outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever since the start of this year. This disease typically has a high rate of fatality, no known cure and no vaccines have been developed against it yet. This is an unprecedented outbreak of this disease that is spreading faster than before. It is […]