Feb 9, 2016
Warming world spreads a wider welcome mat for Zika-carrying mosquitoes
Brazil
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InsideClimate News
Zika-carrying mosquitoes are already living in places like Honduras, but climate change means they could make their way to a much wider area of the globe. Photo: Reuters
As world health officials scramble to combat the spreading virus, which could infect as many as 4 million people this year, scientists and public health officials see the outbreak as an omen in a world steadily warming under the effects of climate change.