O=C=O<p>How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases</p><p>"...Then you have this convergence of crises—the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> overlapping with the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PollutionCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollutionCrisis</span></a>. So you get this intersection between air pollution and respiratory <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a>, and then infectious diseases more broadly, all layered on top of a changing <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>.</p><p>When it comes to waterborne and foodborne diseases, the link to <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is even more direct. As temperatures rise, you create more favorable conditions for <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> and other <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a> to multiply. They thrive in warm environments—soil, water, contaminated areas—so warming can increase their abundance. </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events are also a big factor here. Aedes <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/mosquitoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mosquitoes</span></a> need water to complete their life cycle—from egg to larva to pupa, it all happens in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a>. When <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> occur, all the discarded <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastic</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trash</span></a> lying around fill with water and becomes the ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes.</p><p>What’s interesting is that these diseases aren’t just associated with floods—they’re also linked to <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/droughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>droughts</span></a>. That might seem counterintuitive at first, but in many parts of the world, people don’t have safe, reliable access to clean water, especially during drought conditions. So they store water in containers that aren’t properly sealed or protected, which too can become the perfect breeding sites for mosquitoes.</p><p>Infections—particularly vector-borne diseases—are increasingly reemerging and emerging in new areas around the world for a lot of different reasons. Climate change is definitely part of that, with rising temperatures and more extreme weather events like floods and droughts. But the way we live our lives and interact with the environment also plays a huge role. I mean, first and foremost, most of us now live in urban areas rather than rural ones..." </p><p><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26042025/climate-change-shifting-spread-of-infectious-disease/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/260</span><span class="invisible">42025/climate-change-shifting-spread-of-infectious-disease/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>