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Thailand suffers worst dengue epidemic in more than 20 years

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BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thailand is experiencing its largest dengue epidemic in more than two decades, with a record number of people infected by the mosquito-borne disease and 126 fatalities so far this year, health experts said on Thursday, pointing to climate change as a factor behind the spike in cases.

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