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Dawn Wesson: The Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate

Dawn Wesson: The Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate

Update: 2025-02-25
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Dr. Dawn Wesson, Associate Professor at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, joins John to explore how climate change is expanding the range of vector-borne diseases. With decades of experience studying mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile and Zika, Dawn explains how rising temperatures and human movement are accelerating the northward expansion of tropical diseases. She also discusses innovative control strategies, including biological methods and emerging technologies that could help reduce disease transmission in a warming world.
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Dawn Wesson: The Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate

Dawn Wesson: The Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate