Dengue is also known as breakbone fever because when you have it, it feels like your bones are breaking. It has been around for centuries, and is most common in Asia and the Caribbean. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), before 1970, only nine countries had severe dengue epidemics. Since then, it has increased tenfold, making the disease endemic—that is, permanently embedded in the local mosquito population—in a hundred countries. The WHO estimates that 390 million people are infected with the dengue virus each year. As the world warms, making more of the planet comfortable for
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