Floods, heat and other climate hazards are turning 218 infectious diseases into bigger threats, study says
Posted on AllSides August 8th, 2022
From The Left
Professor Camilo Mora feels the impacts of climate change in his knees.
During a 2014 visit to his native Colombia, heavy rains caused the worst flooding his hometown had seen in decades and boosted the mosquito population. A mosquito bit Mora, transferring the chikungunya virus and making him a patient during an unprecedented outbreak in the region.
His joints ache still today. He blames a warming world.
In a study published Monday, Mora and his colleagues at the University of Hawaii canvassed tens of thousands of studies to analyze the...