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Dengue Fever

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

An unprecedented outbreak of dengue fever grew after the torrential rains of a cyclone and El Niño. This year’s building El Niño could spread more of the disease.

By Liza Gross

 A dengue fever patient walks inside the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on April 17, 2024. Credit: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP via Getty Images
Hannah Livesay, biologist at the Grand River Mosquito Control District, points out the characteristic white markings of an Aedes aegypti mosquito shown under a microscope at her lab in Grand Junction, Colo.

A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive

Story by Erin Douglas, photos by Isabella Escobedo
A woman sits along with her daughter suffering from dengue fever at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Nov. 4, 2024, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Abdul Goni/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks

By Anika Jane Beamer
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases

By Liza Gross

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