The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
MC Bugg Z, known for insect-inspired music videos Tick Check 1-2 and Zika 101, released a new video just in time for the start of...
Jul 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Sandra L. Fisher-Grainger, MPH, Director, Hernando County Mosquito Control With the introduction of Zika to the United States in...
Jun 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that community assessments conducted in the U.S. Virgin...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) membership convened January 24-25, 2019 at the...
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) hosted a webinar in August 2018 covering key topics of...
May 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Mosquito control has historically been and remains an important and basic public health function. Given the emergence of viruses such...
May 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) module from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an interactive clinical...
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for...
May 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual conference, P.E.S.T. – Pest-Control through Environmentally Sustainable Treatments. Submit an abstract to present and take advantage of a unique opportunity to help advance and engage with environmental health and pest management professionals in an exciting virtual...
MC Bugg Z, known for insect-inspired music videos Tick Check 1-2 and Zika 101, released a new video just in time for the start of summer: West Nile Story. The part-time rapper, also known as Andy Lima, works as an insect biologist with the Fairfax County Health Department (VA). His new video is full of important information about mosquito bites and the diseases […]
By Sandra L. Fisher-Grainger, MPH, Director, Hernando County Mosquito Control With the introduction of Zika to the United States in 2016 in both people and local mosquitoes, vector-borne diseases have become more of a concern, especially when coupled with the possibility of known diseases spreading into new areas and the arrival of new diseases. Surveillance is […]
A recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that community assessments conducted in the U.S. Virgin Islands during the Zika outbreak response, hurricane response, and hurricane recovery found similar support for mosquito spraying, but support for specific spray methods varied. Concern about acquiring Zika decreased over time. The article shows that […]
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) membership convened January 24-25, 2019 at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Laura C. Harrington, Program Director, presided at this second annual meeting for the NEVBD network. The agenda for the first day of the meeting featured research updates from NEVBD […]
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) hosted a webinar in August 2018 covering key topics of integrated tick management. They partnered with the New York State Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) to convert this webinar into an online course carrying 1.25 credits under categories 3a, 3b, 7a and 8 in New York […]
Mosquito control has historically been and remains an important and basic public health function. Given the emergence of viruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the United States and U.S. territories, the second edition of the Public Health Confronts the Mosquito report from ASTHO provides guidance to assist local, state, and territorial mosquito control programs in […]
The Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) module from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an interactive clinical education tool with case-based scenarios that provides technical training on RMSF. The module highlights key clinical messages aimed at promoting early clinical recognition and treatment. It is self-directed with knowledge checks, reference materials, and an interactive...
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 […]
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