India, Feb. 16 -- As the world gets increasingly warmer and wetter, mosquito-related disease outbreaks are predicted to rise and spread
The year 2024 started with a severe health crisis for Brazil as the country's hot, rainy season led to a massive dengue outbreak. According to health officials, Brazil has reported 3,64,855 cases of dengue infections and 40 deaths in the first five weeks of this year. This is equivalent to four times the cases reported in the same period last year.
Responding to the outbreak, three Brazilian states have declared emergencies, including the second most populous state Minas Gerais. Army troops have been deployed in the capital, Brasilia, to help track breeding spots of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and to set u...