The Caribbean and the Americas are being hit hard by dengue fever ... cases surging globally as warmer weather brought on by climate change enables mosquitoes to expand their reach.
As of early December, there have been nearly 60,000 confirmed and suspected cases in 20 countries and 60 deaths in 2024. Children have been particularly hard hit.
To test their approach, the team trained their algorithm using historical dengue case numbers from three different cities in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia—each with a tropical climate. They then ...