Climate change drives infectious disease shifts through air, water, and mosquitoes

Climate change drives infectious disease shifts through air, water, and mosquitoes

As the planet warms, infectious diseases transmitted through air, water, and vectors like mosquitoes are expanding into new regions, complicating public health responses worldwide.Bhabna Banerjee reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Warmer temperatures and extreme weather events are fueling the spread of respiratory, waterborne, and mosquito-borne diseases by creating favorable conditions for pathogens and vectors.Urbanization, habitat disru…

Science Writing, 29 Apr (EFE).- Resistance to antimicrobials is one of the world's greatest public health threats; in 2021 it caused 1.4 million deaths - especially in middle- and low-income countries - and is expected to be two million by 2050. A new study led by scientists from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and published in Nature Medicine forecast that, if things don't change, the global burden of these resistances will grow by …

The climate crisis is expected to significantly impact agriculture, with plant diseases becoming more severe, resistant, and difficult to control. An Embrapa study predicts that by 2100, 46% of agricultural diseases in Brazil will worsen, directly affecting key crops such as rice, corn, soybeans, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables, and fruits. Rising temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns will promote the spread of fungi, viruses, and vectors,…

Climate change is leading to more vaccine-preventable diseases

Encephalitis affects 1.5 million children and adults every year globally – three people every minute, yet almost 77 per cent of the population are unaware of the condition. The lack of awareness leads to delay in diagnosis and treatment, and poorer patient outcomes. With climate change increasing the risk of infectious diseases, the importance of timely immunisation is crucial This World Immunisation Week, Encephalitis International launches a g…