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500,000 dengue cases globally in the first 3 months of 2026, and mainland Europe has zero. That gap is real, but it is not permanent. The mosquito that spreads dengue is already living in Florida and Texas, and it is waiting for the virus to show up more often.
By Maya Okafor · 3 min read
Peru's 2026 dengue crisis, linked directly to extreme weather by Stanford researchers, is not a distant cautionary tale. Warming temperatures are pushing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into 30 US states. America can afford to contain this. The question is whether it will choose to act before the outbreak rather than after.
By Vera Santos · 3 min read