A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

An unprecedented outbreak of dengue fever grew after the torrential rains of a cyclone and El Niño. This year’s building El Niño could spread more of the disease.By Liza GrossEvery year, mosquitoes in mostly tropical and subtropical countries cause millions of cases of dengue fever, a virus that induces potentially lethal flu-like symptoms. Cases surged in 2019, after rising for decades, making dengue one of the World Health Organization’s top-1…