A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

Every year, mosquitoes in mostly tropical and subtropical countries cause millions of cases of dengue fever, a virus that induces potentially lethal flu-like symptoms. Cases surged in 2019, after rising for decades, making dengue one of the World Health Organization’s top-10 global health threats and the fastest-growing mosquito-borne disease. In 2023, 6.5 million people contracted […]