Climate Change Leading To Surge In Dengue Fever Cases, Scientists Say

The Washington Post (6/30, A1, Sun, Kaplan) reports that “a record 10 million people...have fallen ill with dengue so far this year – an unprecedented surge that scientists say is fueled in part by climate change.” Increases in “global temperatures have accelerated the life cycles and expanded the ranges of the mosquitoes that carry dengue, helping spread the virus to roughly one in every 800 people on the planet in the past six months alone.” As a result, “public health officials are bracing for the virus to crop up in more temperate regions, including the southernmost portions of the United States.”