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Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising the risk of future outbreaks.
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El brote de mpox en África se desatendió y ahora podría convertirse en la próxima pandemia mundial

El sistema sanitario mundial tiene que despertar a la realidad de que un brote en una parte del mundo es motivo de preocupación para todos.
Children and women run in a cloud of dust at the village of El Gel, Ethiopia. Climate change has pushed the Horn of Africa into a catastrophic drought. Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks: three reasons why

Heat, floods and droughts create conditions for pathogens and their vectors.

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