Dengue fever is bad. And getting worse.

… The incidence of dengue fever has increased dramatically since the 1960s, with around 50–100 million people infected yearly. …

About 40% of the world’s population is vulnerable.

Sisters, gymnasts from Manila, were just recovering from bouts of Dengue fever. The first people I’d ever met who had been afflicted.

In Philippines, 300 died from it in 2008.

Here it’s most prevalent in the big cities like Manila. That species of mosquito bites day and night.

… Happily I’ve seen very few bloodsuckers in December.

There are people working on a cure. Here’s one very optimistic scenario.

Infecting Mosquitoes With Bacteria To Keep Them From Infecting Us With Dengue Fever

That’s on Co.Exist, a site dedicated to WORLD CHANGING IDEAS AND INNOVATION.