Can climate change-related heat bring on more mosquito-borne diseases?
Dr. Michael von Fricken speaks with WFME, Orlando's NPR station
Dr. Michael von Fricken speaks with WFME, Orlando's NPR station
The collapse of Venezuela's public health system has terrible consequences inside the country, but it also is giving rise to mosquito-borne viruses that could spread to nearby countries.
In 2009 when test results on the ailing New York woman who had vacationed in Key West came back positive for the dengue virus, it was the first reported case in Florida since 1934. Dana Focks, Ph.D., a research professor in the department of environmental and global health who develops mathematical models for vector-borne disease, is examining the cause of the outbreak.