The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Tick-borne diseases are increasingly threatening the health of people in the United States.
Jul 01, 2020 | Danielle Chatelain
Health departments across the country are limiting or shuttering services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. NACCHO spoke with members of...
May 04, 2020 | Andrea Grenadier
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...
Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
Researchers from the CDC Division of Vector-Borne Diseases published results of an experimental vector competence study of the Asian...
Nov 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Entomological Society of America released a fact sheet comparing the response to malaria in the United States with the response to...
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead,...
Jul 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for...
May 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiled a digital press kit...
May 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO hosted a webinar on April 9, 2019 covering major updates on tickborne diseases in the United States. Dr. Grace Marx, medical...
Apr 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Health departments across the country are limiting or shuttering services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. NACCHO spoke with members of its Vector Control Collaborative and Vector Control Workgroup about the impact of COVID-19 on their ability to conduct activities that combat mosquito- and tick-borne diseases.
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]
Researchers from the CDC Division of Vector-Borne Diseases published results of an experimental vector competence study of the Asian longhorned tick for the Lyme disease bacteria. The researchers used a population of Asian longhorned tick originating from New York State to evaluate the ability of larval ticks to acquire the bacteria, carry the infection through […]
The Entomological Society of America released a fact sheet comparing the response to malaria in the United States with the response to Lyme disease. Malaria and Lyme disease are both vector-borne diseases, but malaria was eradicated in the United States in 1951, while the incidence of Lyme disease has increased significantly in recent years.
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead, CDC—Welcome and introduction Denise Bonilla, USDA/APHIS—Update on the Asian longhorned tick (H. longicornis) Dr. William Nicholson, CDC—Alpha-gal allergy following tick bite: What do we really know? Dr. Kevin Esvelt, MIT—Mice against ticks: A community-guided...
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The distribution of ticks and the pathogens they can transmit change over time. As a result, the likelihood of people coming in contact with ticks also changes over space […]
In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiled a digital press kit with updates about the current state of tickborne disease in the United States, resources to share, and steps to take for prevention and protection. View the digital press kit here. The CDC is […]
NACCHO hosted a webinar on April 9, 2019 covering major updates on tickborne diseases in the United States. Dr. Grace Marx, medical epidemiologist at the CDC, gave a general overview on tickborne disease epidemiology and prevention, and she introduced new topics including invasive tick species and surveillance guidance. Specific information about the extent of the […]
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