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The Mosquitoes Are Winning

The Mosquitoes Are Winning

The Daily vor 3 Jahren

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For decades, the world seemed to be winning the war against
mosquitoes and tamping down the deadly diseases they carried. But
in the past few years, progress has not only stalled, it has
reversed.

Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health for The Times, explains
how the mosquito has once again gained the upper hand in the
fight.

Guest: Stephanie Nolen, a global health correspondent for The New
York Times.

Background reading:

Climate change has brought disease-spreading mosquitoes to
places they have never been found before, compounding the
problem.

One invasive malaria-carrying species thrives in urban areas
and resists all insecticides, threatening catastrophe in Africa.

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