Floods, droughts make mild diseases deadly: study
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 19:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday.
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