Signal: Spreading dengue fever
Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

by on 04. Apr, 2011 in Uncategorized

If physicians want evidence of climate change, they may well find it in their own offices. Patients are presenting with illnesses that once happened only in warmer areas. Chronic conditions are becoming aggravated by more frequent and extended heat waves. Allergy and asthma seasons are getting longer. Spates of injuries are resulting from more intense [...]

Rising temps and humidity fueling spread of Dengue in Philippines

Rising temps and humidity fueling spread of Dengue in Philippines

by on 04. Apr, 2011 in Uncategorized

Diseases caused by unusual changes in the weather are now on the rise, Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change Sunday warned. According to Legarda, there had been at least 13, 821 patients in hospitals across the country that were afflicted with dengue from January to February this year. In Metro [...]

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Dengue fever spreading in Asia as temps rise

by on 30. Oct, 2010 in Uncategorized

Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease with no known treatment, is spreading in Asia, with cases in India at a 20-year high as the country hosts the Commonwealth Games. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that 2.5 billion people are at risk from one of the world’s fastest-emerging infections, which has “grown dramatically in recent [...]