Dengue fever is having a banner year, up anestimated 232%--UN

Dengue fever is — unfortunately — having a banner year. Can it be quelled? Case counts are skyrocketing in countries like Brazil and Peru and the virus is popping up in new turf, from Florida to Iran. What's the cause? And what's the solution? NPR

In the Americas alone, almost 10.4 million suspected cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, were reported to the World Health Organization in 2024 as of the first week of July, an increase of 232% compared with the same period the year before. ...

Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are among the countries now registering uncharacteristically high numbers of cases of the disease. Many are struggling to get epidemics under control.

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