{"id":190161,"date":"2026-02-24T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:40:10","slug":"scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children \u2013 we\u2019re identifying the global hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots-276340\">Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children \u2013 we\u2019re identifying the global hotspots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots-276340\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots-276340<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-24 08:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scorpion stings are a significant concern mainly for children in subtropical regions, particularly in Latin America, North Africa, the Levant, Iran, and western India.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the severity of the problem, scorpionism is under-researched, under-funded, and under-reported, compared to snakebites.<\/li>\n<li>Climate change, urbanization, global trade, and human encroachment into natural habitats are contributing factors to increasing scorpion sting incidents.<\/li>\n<li>Lethal scorpion stings result in about 3,000 deaths annually, most of them children from 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