Researchers at the workshop said countries like the U.S. can expect more tropical diseases to come – and should be preparing for them. Global warming is expanding the range of some tropical insects and diseases.

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I’ll take “problems we will continue to ignore until they become catastrophic” for 200, Alex.

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For real. The headline could have said “The U.S. is unprepared” and covered the same concepts.

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