"Climate change spurring surge in dengue, chikungunya

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that dengue and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne arboviruses were spreading far faster and further amid climate change, warning global outbreaks could be looming.

Experts with the United Nations health agency sounded the alarm over swelling numbers of cases of dengue and chikungunya, and warned new epidemics of zika could also be expected.

All three are caused by arboviruses carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which have been spreading into new territory as the planet warms."

🔗: medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04

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Singapore National Environment Agency to proceed to Phase 3 of Project Wolbachia, a study to reduce the Aedes aegypti mosquito population using the Wolbachia bacteria.

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