March 09, 2014

Climate change could mean more malaria in Africa, South America
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/07/climate-change-could-mean-more-malaria-in-africa-south-america/
Future global warming could lead to a significant increase in malaria cases in densely populated regions of Africa and South America unless disease monitoring and control efforts are increased, researchers said on Thursday. In a study of the mosquito ...


Climate change expected to put millions more at risk for malaria
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/global-warming/140307/climate-change-expected-put-millions-at-risk-malaria
Global warming will expose millions more people to malaria as parasite-bearing mosquitoes move to higher altitudes, according to new research into the health perils from climate change. Tropical highland areas in Africa, Asia and central and southern ...


Could global warming push malaria to higher elevations?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/273736.php
Each year, more than 300 million individuals are infected with malaria, a life-threatening blood disease caused by a parasite transmitted to humans by mosquitos. Whether malaria cases could be affected by warming climates has been a topic of debate ...


Malaria Climbs Mountains as the Climate Warms
http://time.com/14553/climate-change-expand-malaria/
Malaria is one of the most common?and deadly?infectious diseases in the world, sickening more than 300 million people a year and killing over 600,000 people. But because it's a mosquito-borne disease?the parasite that causes malaria is passed to ...


Change in Climate Could Lead to Rise in Malaria
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/change-in-climate-could-lead-to-rise-in-malaria/
There is a high probability that changes in climate might lead to higher cases of malaria in populated regions of Africa and South America. Without proper control and prevention, this could lead to a serious epidemic. Experts have noted that as ...


Malaria Spread by Global Warming
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/malaria-spread-by-global-warming/
According to Bouma, the implications of such results are quite serious and suggest that with the progressive advancement of global warming malaria will literally climb up mountains and spread to areas located at high altitudes where it was uncommon before.


It's about to get a lot harder to escape from malaria
http://io9.com/its-about-to-get-a-lot-harder-to-hide-from-malaria-1537998703
The only thing protecting you from malaria may be a cool climate. And with climate change raising temperatures in some regions, that protection may be over. Researchers today published the first hard evidence that malaria moves into new regions as they ...


Climate change is increasing the risk of malaria for people living in ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/climate-change-is-increasing-the-risk-of-malaria-for-people-living-in-mountainous-regions-in-the-tropics-9174448.html
Millions of people living at higher altitudes in the tropics will be at risk of malaria as a result of rising temperatures and climate change, according to an analysis of the disease over the past two decades in two mountainous regions in South America ...