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
ASTHO's environmental health team published a report examining three case studies that capture state vector-borne disease control...
Jun 10, 2020 | Anu Varma
As part of their research on human exposure to ticks, Columbia University has developed a smartphone application to collect data...
Jun 08, 2020
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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network and...
Feb 11, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases has opened the application window for the 2020 Vector Biology...
Dec 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
ASTHO's environmental health team published a report examining three case studies that capture state vector-borne disease control officials’ response to the public health threats posed by ticks.
As part of their research on human exposure to ticks, Columbia University has developed a smartphone application to collect data through simple surveys with a citizen science approach: The Tick App.
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.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network and Wisconsin Tracking released public health-themed valentines, including several focused on environmental health issues such as radon, food safety, and mosquitoes and ticks. See the valentines.
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, […]
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases has opened the application window for the 2020 Vector Biology Boot Camp program, scheduled for May 11 – 14, 2020, at the Louis Calder Center of Fordham University. The Vector Biology Boot Camp is a no-cost opportunity, providing hands-on training in the latest methods for field […]
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.
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