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Health and Climate Change

How global warming and deforestation are helping diseases jump from animals to humans and spreading fungal infections, while also fuelling antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’. Plus the impact on malaria, Lyme disease and the insurance industry

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Climate change highlights risk of malaria resurgence
Disease specialists point to shifts in the patterns of mosquito-borne infection
Deforestation opens paths for disease spread from animals to humans
Damage to habitats and closer contact can help multiple infections jump from wildlife
Climate change risks fuelling antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Global warming, flooding and pollution could all help promote evolution of pathogens
Doubled estimate of fatal fungal infections sharpens scientific focus
Environmental change and adaptation risk prompts new research in neglected field
Lyme disease bites as ticks gain ground in US
Changing climate and human population shifts have spread and strengthened foothold
Climate change increases chances of zoonotic disease ‘spillover’
Habitat encroachment means more opportunities for animal-to-human infection

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