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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A medical advisor from New Zealand's Immunization Advisory Center says dengue fever is expected to increase with climate change and urbanization.

Amid a severe outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil, a swarm of unlikely heroes was tabbed to be part of the solution.

Dressed in his signature closed-neck suit, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome stared directly into the camera, declaring that "there was never a proof that vaccines ever worked".

An Australian project which “all but eliminated dengue fever” in Far North Queensland has been successfully extended to Fiji, Kiribati and Vanuatu.

The municipality started a new release of wolbitos—mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria. The microorganisms are used to combat arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, as they prevent the viruses that cause these diseases from developing inside their main carrier.

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Dengue fever, carried by mosquitoes, is swamping the populations of Brazil and Peru, Argentina, Laos and causing major concerns in other parts of the world. It has spiked fourfold in Brazil just this year following the release of millions of gene-edited mosquitos by the World Mosquito Program run by the United Nations.

Nabila Ismail, PharmD, shares her journey as a travel and lifestyle creator

Cities in Brazil and Colombia release mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia to curb dengue and other diseases.