Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread

IMAGE: These maps show the predicted global ranges of Aedes aegypti (above) and Aedes albopictus (below) in 2050 assuming a ‘medium’ climate scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2080… view more  Credit: Moritz Kraemer for Nature Microbiology; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the…

A Swimmer Saved by What She Lost

COLORADO SPRINGS — The last thing Morgan Stickney remembers from before her lower leg was amputated is lying on a hospital gurney waiting for the anesthesia to take hold. With a debilitating fear racing through her mind, she asked her surgeon to hold her hand. They talked about swimming until she passed out. “It’s the…