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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
Swarms of mosquitoes near Wainwright, Alaska in 2011. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Story and illustrations by Bhabna Banerjee
Mosquitoes fly over the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West

By Tina Deines
JeNiyah Scaife, an intern at the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, works in a lab on a new test that will help to detect a species of mosquito that can carry malaria. Credit: CDC

To Help Stop Malaria’s Spread, CDC Researchers Create a Test to Find a Mosquito That Is Flourishing Thanks to Climate Change

By Victoria St. Martin
“Our study suggests that there are concerns in terms of how DEET could affect reproductive health,” Mónica P. Colaiácovo said. “However, this is still a very important line of defense against many of these insect-transmitted diseases.” Credit: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Does the Insect Repellent DEET Affect Reproductive Systems?

By Victoria St. Martin

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