Trump slashed health funding right as a deadly mosquito-borne disease is spreading in the U.S.

Get the Full StoryClimate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Some 3,500 travelers from the United States contracted dengue abroad in 2024, according to the CDC, an 84 increase over 2023. This trend is expected to continue, the agency said, noting that Florida, California, and New York, in that order, are likely to see the biggest surges this year.

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