By Nicole Karlis / Salon
According to the Centers for Disease Control monthly report, vector-borne diseases have nearly tripled since 2004.
Mosquito and tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the United States. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who has issued its monthly Vital Signs report just in time for summer 2018.
Yet despite the unsettling data, the government agency hasn't explained the real reason why. Indeed, despite compelling evidence, the CDC is politically bound from explicitly linking the increase to climate change. Instead, its list of measures to take action include vague suggestions such as an urgency for local education and to wear “long-sleeved shirts and long pants” — rather than urging the government to invest in ways to mediate climate change.
Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and Director of the UW Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHANGE), is quoted in this story.
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