Dengue, Zika, Hemorrhagic fever... What Diseases Threaten Europe, as a Result of Rising Temperatures and the Climate Crisis?

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Between 2015 and 2024, the overall average risk of the dengue epidemic increased by 297% on the continent, compared to the period 1981-2010, according to the authors of the "Lancet Countdown".

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The impact of climate change in Spain is reconfiguring the health risk map, with effects in the autonomous city. According to the report 'Lancet Countdown', prepared by 65 international researchers, Ceuta recorded the highest average increase in risk of outbreaks of the West Nile virus in the country. This increase referred to is directly linked to the rise in temperatures, which raised the risk index from a historical 0.002 (1981-2010) to 0.64 …

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Tropical diseases knock at the gates of the Mediterranean, droughts shrink the harvest and pocket... and politicians talk about something else, denounces the European report of the Lancet Countdown 2026, Prepared by 65 scientists from 46 institutions, warns: the room for manoeuvre to take meaningful measures focused on health is shrinking as the impacts of climate change intensify.