Snakebites in Costa Rica Rise Along with El Niño Cycles

In Costa Rica, El Niño has a strange side effect: More snakebites. Both the hot and cold phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (known as El Niño and La Niña, respectively) are accompanied by an increase in snakebites in the Central American country, according to a new study published today (Sept. 11) in the journal Science Advances. "Snakebites, probably the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases, [are] another disease showing changes in [the] face of