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Climate change and demographic growth could put more than 5 billion people at risk for malaria by 2040

The threat posed by malaria stands to soar as the planet warms because of longer transmission seasons, more frequent and severe extreme weather events, and the migration of malaria-carrying mosquitoes to new latitudes and altitudes, according to a Washington Post analysis of climate modeling...

The results of the Post analysis reveal which countries and regions are at most risk, in particular as seasonal changes benefit disease-carrying mosquitoes. In some regions of the world, transmission seasons could increase by up to five months by the year 2070.

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/malaria-disease-spread-climate-change-warming/

The world’s deadliest animal is on the move

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/01/mosquito-days-malaria-texas-florida/

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