India, Aug. 5 -- A new study led by researchers at Yale University School of Public Health reveals that climate change is reshaping the geography of childhood malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, increasing the disease risk in cooler highland regions while reducing transmission in some of the continent's hottest areas.

Published in the journal Nature on July 29, 2026, the research provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of how climate change has influenced an infectious disease, offering fresh evidence in the long-standing debate over the relationship between global warming and malaria.

The study quantifies climate change's historical and future impact in sub-Saharan Africa's children, where most cases and deaths occur.

The st...