Friday Oct 24, 2025

When Mosquitoes Move North: Climate-Sensitive Diseases Expand

Rising temperatures aren’t just making summers hotter—they’re enabling tropical diseases to expand into regions once too cold to support transmission. Dr. Madeleine Thomson, who directed the WHO Collaborating Centre on Early Warning Systems for Climate Sensitive Diseases at Columbia University, has spent over 25 years studying this transformation. “We know that virtually all vector-borne diseases […]

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