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"Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks" [1]

"Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds." 

"Global cases of flu-like dengue fever reached a historic high last year, with over 14.6 million cases and more than 12,000 related deaths reported to the World Health Organization. 

Global warming is driving up those infection numbers in a big way, a new study suggests.

Transmitted by the cold-blooded Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dengue virus is common across tropical and subtropical regions in Asia and the Americas.

Nearly one-fifth of cases in recent decades can be directly attributed to rising temperatures, researchers at Stanford, Harvard and Arizona State universities and the National Bureau of Economic Research found."

Anika Jane Beamer reports for Inside Climate News September 12, 2025. [2]

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Source: Inside Climate News [2], 09/15/2025
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