{
  "id": 17226644,
  "title": "Climate change and extreme weather events to intensify West Nile virus activity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/climate-change-and-extreme-weather-events-to-intensify-west-nile",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.28.762036v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Vector-borne zoonotic diseases pose a substantive risk to public health worldwide, yet predicting outbreaks at scales useful for public health response remains a critical challenge. Transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, West Nile virus is the leading cause of arboviral disease in the United States, progressing to neuroinvasive disease in approximately 1% of infections. Arizona's record-breaking 2021…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}