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The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from...
Sep 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and details what...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude...
Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Jul 13, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
By Elisabeth Martinez, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO With the arrival of summer and Fourth of July...
Jun 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
How can a local health department respond to an onslaught of vector control (mosquito and rat) complaints? Easy, develop a special...
Jun 27, 2018 | Alyson Jordan
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus...
Jun 25, 2018 | Christina Baum
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from vector-borne disease by integrating surveillance, control, education, research, and technology. Harris County Public Health Mosquito & Vector Control Division wrote an issue brief for NACCHO describing their comprehensive approach to vector-borne disease...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and details what can be done to drive down these diseases. The August 2018 issue, released on August 7th, is the largest report to-date on longer-term outcomes related to Zika virus in U.S. babies, and it highlights the importance of monitoring […]
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect 16,080 ticks from 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. After receiving the ticks, the research team identified them and tested them for four tick-born pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. A goal of […]
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture of this renowned New Orleans neighborhood. Only one tour focused exclusively on the pests, termites, and rodents roaming the streets and infiltrating buildings. The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) […]
By Elisabeth Martinez, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO With the arrival of summer and Fourth of July festivities just around the corner, many people are spending more time outside. The rising temperatures invite a host of disease vectors, including mosquitoes, so proper protection is key. You can play an important role in preventing […]
How can a local health department respond to an onslaught of vector control (mosquito and rat) complaints? Easy, develop a special revenue fund to wholly fund an integrated pest management program. This self-sustaining funding mechanism allows for a proactive program aimed at minimizing the vector control disease burden.
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus emerged as a challenging threat to the United States because of the potentially devastating effects of the virus, the multiple routes of transmission, and the continual evolution of our collective understanding of the […]
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