Combatting the global threat of dengue fever
2024 has been a record-breaking year for dengue cases, prompting the World Health Organization to categorize dengue as a high threat to global health. Warmer temperatures and increased rainfall are allowing Aedes mosquitoes, which carry the disease, to breed longer and expand to new regions. The U.S. is one of many nations with an uptick in dengue, which leads to high fevers and severe pain and can be life-threatening. How do we prepare for and combat this debilitating disease? This panel discussion explored new vaccine and treatment methods, as well as prevention efforts.
SPEAKERS
Marcia Castro Andelot Professor of Demography and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University
Guillaume Leroy CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, EDJEN BIOTECH
Daniel Neafsey Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Gabriela Paz-Bailey Chief of the Dengue Branch at Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MODERATOR
Helen Branswell Senior Writer, STAT
