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Research Finds Drier Climate Will Spread Diarrhea
2013-04-01 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Diarrhea, which kills 1.5 million children annually, is likely to become more prevalent in many developing countries as the climate changes, a report says. But the authors found an unexpected twist in the way the climate is likely to affect the disease. Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, says climate drives a large part of diarrhea and related disease, increasing the threat which a changing climate poses to vulnerable...
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