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In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges people to “Get the tips to...
May 10, 2021 | Anu Varma
Suffolk County (NY) mentored Franklin County (OH)’s new tick surveillance program as part of NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative....
Jan 06, 2021 | Guest Author
Sep 09, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo
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
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded...
Dec 10, 2019 | Kamya Raja
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
In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges people to “Get the tips to stop the ticks!”
Suffolk County (NY) mentored Franklin County (OH)’s new tick surveillance program as part of NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative. COVID-19 travel restrictions did not stop the expansion of tick species, nor did they stop this virtual mentorship. FaceTime tick dragging is a socially-distanced and low-cost way to receive technical assistance for field work.
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, […]
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded reading list that you will find enjoyable as well as informative. “A plague is rising. In dozens of countries. In your backyard. We have […]
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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