Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday. They said weather extremes can create conditions in which several fairly harmless diseases converge at once, creating a "one-two punch" that can devastate populations of wildlife or livestock. "When you have

Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday. They said weather extremes can create conditions in which several fairly harmless diseases converge at once, creating a “one-two punch” that can devastate populations of wildlife or livestock. “When you have