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The sometimes deadly disease is carried by mosquitoes, and the insects thrive in the hotter, drier weather now seen in more places across the country.

Climate change brings drought and pushes temperatures toward the “Goldilocks zone” for mosquitoes — not too hot, not too cold.

Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He’d struggled with diabetes since he was a teenager, needing a kidney transplant from his sister to stay alive. He was already quite sick in August when he contracted West Nile virus after being bitten by an infected mosquito. […]

Colorado recently recorded the most West Nile virus deaths and cases of neuroinvasive infections in nearly two decades.

Colorado recently recorded the most West Nile virus deaths and cases of neuroinvasive infections in nearly two decades. Scientists warn that climate change will make conditions ripe for more transmission.

West Nile killed 11 people and caused 101 cases of neuroinvasive infections — those linked to serious illness such as meningitis or encephalitis — in Colorado in 2021, the highest

Spring rain, summer drought and heat created ideal conditions for mosquitoes to spread the West Nile virus last year.

Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He'd struggled with diabetes since he was a teenager, needing a kidney transplant from his sister to stay alive.

Vector-borne diseases shaped human history and reveal race disparities In December 2015, a yellow fever outbreak began in Luanda, Angola. This outbreak was the largest reported in Angola during the last 30-years. In a new study, researchers examine the ways in which vector-borne diseases, like yellow fever, have shaped society and culture. Image: Rebecca Hall, CDC Vector-borne diseases shaped human history and reveal race disparities February 02, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Vector-borne disea...

 E-Mail Today, the average American is unlikely to spend time worrying about malaria. Although the disease is commonly perceived to be restricted to other parts of the world, it played a significant role in shaping American history. It even helped turn the tide of the American Revolutionary War by infecting so many British soldiers that General Cornwallis was forced to surrender at Yorktown. First-year students in a 2019 introductory seminar class led by Erin Mordecai, an assistant professor o...