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Rise in global temperatures increase disease threat

Researchers are increasingly worried that a warming planet creates a welcoming environment for the spread of tropical diseases.

By Cassandra PollockApril 24, 2017, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated April 24, 2017, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Rise in global temperatures increase disease threat

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
April 24, 2017

<h1>Rise in global temperatures increase disease threat</h1>
<p class="byline">by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune <br />April 24, 2017</p>
<p>Researchers are increasingly worried that a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/magazine/why-the-menace-of-mosquitoes-will-only-get-worse.html?_r=1">warming planet</a> creates a welcoming environment for the spread of tropical diseases. (The New York Times)</p>
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Researchers are increasingly worried that a warming planet creates a welcoming environment for the spread of tropical diseases. (The New York Times)

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Cassandra Pollock

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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at... More by Cassandra Pollock

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