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A tracking project that has been in place since nations vowed to act on climate in 2015 sees a measurable increase in exposure to disease and dangerous conditions.

In the emergency order, the commonwealth’s department of health said it had recorded 549 cases of the disease this year so far, a 140 per cent increase over the same period a year ago.

The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught North American communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.

As climate-driven deaths rise, a report finds only 23 per cent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies.

For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease — and it goes against everything they’ve learned.

Experts say a tangled web of factors is driving global spikes in dengue, but one culprit stands out — climate change.

Amid a lethal outbreak, China faces growing calls to ban wild animal markets for good.