<div class='node-body'><p>The U.S. is on track to suffer its worst West Nile Virus epidemic in years, the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) stated Wednesday.</p>
<p>And with climate change, we can expect an increasing number of this and other mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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