WHO warns of endemic dengue in Europe and US due to climate change

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Gabrielle M. Etzel is the healthcare policy reporter for the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the Washington Examiner, she served as a staff reporter at Campus Reform and as a freelance writer.

World Health Organization chief scientist Jeremy Farrar warned on Tuesday that climate change will make mosquito-borne infectious diseases, such as dengue or malaria, endemic in parts of the United States and Europe.

On Saturday, the first case of locally acquired dengue virus, also known as dengue fever, was reported in Pasadena, California. Other areas in the continental U.S., including Florida, Texas, and Arizona, have had previous outbreaks of dengue that were contained with a strong public health response.

 

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