Climate Change is making malaria worse in parts of Africa while wiping it out in others, new study finds

A major new study published in the journal Nature has found that climate change is redrawing the malaria map across Africa, making the disease worse in cooler regions like southern and East Africa, while pushing it toward elimination in some of today's hottest malaria hotspots, including much of West Africa and the Sahel. The research was led by Colin J. Carlson (Yale University), Tamma Carleton, Romaric C. Odoulami, Cullen D. Molitor, and Christopher H. Trisos, with major involvement from the…