Viruses and Warming

Global warming is a factor in the spread of insect- and water-borne diseases, scientists say. For instance, West Nile virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, arrived in New York in 1999 and then migrated to the U.S. and Canadian west coasts.

Viruses and Warming

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