"We're seeing diseases that used to be 'tropical.' Well, now parts of the U.S. can count," Megan Ranney, dean of the Yale School of Public Health, told Axios.
"Ticks are not dying over the winter because it's not getting cold enough, so it's making Lyme disease spread. And then we're seeing other tick-borne diseases, like Powassan virus, start to spread. It is a predictable but potentially deadly consequence of climate change."
CDC director Mandy Cohen emphasized, "changing where mosquitoes and ticks live, and thus what diseases are moving around in different regions" is a major threat.
Michael Osterholm noted, "More travel and globalization are key elements that fuel the spread of vector-borne diseases", highlighting the global aspect of health threats.
Collection
[
|
...
]