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Politics, economics and nature collide to spread Zika and other diseases

2016-08-07 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: With the Zika virus looming just a couple of years after Ebola spread across West Africa, what's long been obvious to experts should now be clear to the rest of us: We live in an era of emerging pathogens. Between 1940 and 2004, more than 300 infectious diseases either emerged or spread into new places and populations. On July 29, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called a news conference to alert the public to four cases of Zika in South Florida transmitted locally by mosquitoes. (The number grew last...

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Scientists tease out climate changes role in Zika spread

2016-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Athletes and tourists converging on Brazil this week are crowding into a country where rapid environmental change and natural weather fluctuations nurtured a viral epidemic that has gone global. The Zika virus has exploded throughout South America, up through Mexico and Puerto Rico and into Florida, but the conditions it needed to fester in northern Brazil were rooted in urbanization and poverty. The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Nio, and by higher...

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Weekly Overview: Romania, Moldova at Risk of African Swine Fever Spread

2016-07-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Romania and Moldova are now at high risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) due to the spreading of the disease through southern and western Ukraine, said the Russian veterinary authorities.

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