Drought, floods linked to infectious diseases

By Associated Press

Aug 10, 2022 12:37 am

CLIMATE hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.

WEATHER WOES This Sept. 2, 2021 file photo shows the flooded Manayunk neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. AP PHOTO

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