After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict
We're often warned to avoid mosquito bites after major flooding events. With more water around, there are likely to be more mosquitoes.
Feb 7, 2019
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We're often warned to avoid mosquito bites after major flooding events. With more water around, there are likely to be more mosquitoes.
Feb 7, 2019
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Changes in climate, such as rain and drought, can affect the risk of mosquito-borne diseases including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. An international team comprising the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has ...
Jul 31, 2018
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Occurrence of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has often been linked with El Niño rainfall. To curb future outbreaks of RVF, M. Kariuki Njenga and colleagues carried out enhanced syndromic surveillance of 22 high-risk RVF Kenyan ...
Apr 26, 2018
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Millions of children will suffer disproportionately from the failed harvests and devastated livelihoods left behind by the El Nino weather phenomenon, Save the Children warned Tuesday.
Jul 26, 2016
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Extreme heat and heavy rainfall are related to increased risk of hospitalization for asthma in Maryland, according to a study by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers.
Apr 28, 2016
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A disease prevalent in developing countries could be spread by the changes in rainfall patterns according to a new study.
Aug 7, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Summer can be a particularly bad time for skin allergies such as eczema and hives, as well as reactions to poison ivy, oak and sumac, an expert says.
Aug 18, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—High blood pressure is something that has traditionally been a problem in Scotland, but might there be a link to our climate?
May 22, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—The amount of rainfall affects the number of infant infections leading to hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to a team of researchers who are the first to demonstrate that these brain infections are linked ...
Jan 4, 2013
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Sunny with a chance of flu? That's what some health scientists are thinking, as they study the weather for clues about how to predict disease outbreaks.
Jan 3, 2013
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