Climate Change Could Cause Disease Resurgence

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Researchers at Princeton University and Cornell University concluded that global warming is allowing disease-carrying viruses such as yellow fever to invade North America. As a result, the researchers warn that yellow fever and other diseases may be more common as milder winters possible the survival of the mosquito season. A warmer climate would also allow mosquitoes to move to protected areas, once protected by the cold weather. "In all the discussion about climate change, this is really been kind of ruled out," said Drew Harvell, a marine ecologist at Cornell University and author of the study. ...