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Climate change may contribute to the spread of insect-borne disease, such as the West Nile virus that besieged Dallas. Cities across the U.S. have already seen many instances ofย insect-borneย disease, andย U.S. officials, health officials and scientists are fairly well equippedย to respond.ย (The Washington Post)

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Eleanor Dearman is a former reporting fellow. She majored in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also interned for the San Antonio Express-News in its Austin bureau covering Texas...