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Climate change, whether natural or man-made, may already be spreading disease and pestilence, according to a host of new studies, including a major report being prepared by the World Health Organization and other international institutions for release this summer. Malaria, for example, has been flourishing in recent years owing to unusually hot weather. Similarly, climate disruptions may be giving new life to such ancient scourges as yellow fever, meningitis and cholera, while fostering the spread of emerging diseases like hantavirus...
...infectious diseases humans will have to contend with as the world gets warmer, malaria may be the worst. Malaria is already the world's most widespread mosquito-borne illness. Rising temperatures will not only expand the range of Anopheles mosquitoes, but make them more active biters as well. Paul Epstein, an epidemiologist with the Harvard School of Public Health, notes that a temperature rise of 4 [degrees] F would more than double mosquito metabolism, forcing them to feed more often. A 4 [degrees] F rise in global temperatures could also expand malaria's domain from...
...Cross still has much to prove. A second progress assessment--delivered in June 1995--applauded improved communication between the Red Cross and the FDA, but also included a long list of violations, some of them troubling. Its Birmingham unit, for instance, drew blood from donors with histories of malaria and Hodgkin's disease. "One of the continuing problems," the FDA warned, "is the failure of employees to follow prescribed procedures...
Still, FDR's optimism proved to be justified. Even before the War was over, the chemical synthesis of quinine improved treatment for malaria in the pacific theatre, and the manufacturing of Fleming's penicillin effectively controlled wound infections for the first time in the history of war-fare. Following the War, inspired by these successes, the Federal government made unprecedented investments in many fields of science, through the NIH and other agencies. These investments have been essential for the vitality of American science ever since...
Global warming has produced a number of unforeseen epidemics, including outbreaks of malaria resulting from burgeoning mosquito populations in areas previously too cold to support them, he said...