Good NewsSaúde Bahia/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Dengue rates plunged after release of lab-altered mosquitoes The world sees up to 100 million cases and 22,000 deaths due to dengue every year. Researchers may have found a way to cut those numbers significantly.
Impactsjentavery/ Flickr Genetically modified mosquitoes may protect the world from disease Modified mosquitoes could breed themselves out of existence, eliminating dengue, Zika and yellow fever.
Impacts Mosquitoes and climate change: How Houston monitors for new diseases Climate change is altering the patterns and prevalence of infectious diseases as vectors like mosquitoes migrate to new regions.
Newsletter www.theatlantic.com The worst animal in the world Every year, as many as 400 million people are infected with life-threatening diseases by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It wasn’t always so dangerous.
Newsletter Thomas E. Lovejoy: To prevent pandemics, stop disrespecting nature A leading conservationist and biodiversity scholar, with decades of experience in the Amazon, reflects on the lessons of COVID-19.
Solutions ensia.com “We don’t know what else is out there.” Five ways new diseases emerge — and what we can do about them From forests and farms to our own back yards, there's a lot we can do to reduce future risks of pandemic outbreaks.
Newsletter www.wbur.org Yellow fever and malaria in the US? With climate crisis, it's within the realm of possibility A look at how climate change is exacerbating disease and making public health one of the world's most immediate climate crisis challenges.
