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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

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

How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Story and illustrations by Bhabna Banerjee

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

By Tina Deines

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

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