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QualityPro to receive NCHH mini-grant

QualityPro is a recipient of a healthy homes workforce mini-grant of $7,500 from the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH)....

AMCA offers mosquito management training, tools

Pest management professionals (PMPs) who want to enter the mosquito management business or brush up on their training should check...

Web Exclusive: How to safely and properly remove a tick

There are many old wives tales and folklore surrounding the correct way to remove a tick that has embedded itself...

How the PMP Growth Summit can help your business

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NPMA: Pride and Professionalism Video

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has released Pride and Professionalism 2017, a professionally produced video created to help companies...

PMPs: Teach the value of rodent service

A survey found that 37 percent of homeowners have seen a rodent in their home during the past year.

Ticks: Teach customers about risks to pets

Prevention is the best prescription.

Norway rat, illustrated for the Truman's Guide. (Art: North Coast Media)

Rats and disease

Rats invade millions of homes — and are capable of transmitting deadly disease. During a suspected rat infestation inspection, pest...

Sprague to host food safety conferences

To help food processing professionals improve food safety and navigate the maze of ever-evolving regulatory requirements, all the while maintaining...

UCR, UC Davis to launch vector center

With an $8 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers from the University of California’s...

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Web Exclusive: What is your best tip for managing ticks?

As will be seen in our August issue’s Question of the Month (p. 14), PMP contributors Stuart Aust, Dr. Doug...

ESA, CDC team on vector response

The public health community will soon be better equipped to respond to outbreaks of diseases spread by mosquitoes and other...

$14.9M grant for UC-R mosquito research

A University of California, Riverside scientist is leading a team of researchers that will receive up to $14.9 million from...

Bayer marks #MosquitoAwarenessWeek

How are you celebrating #MosquitoAwarenessWeek, which ends July 1? “In the U.S., National Mosquito Control Awareness Week serves as an...

Bayer partners with Goodbye Malaria

Bayer announces the establishment of a partnership with Goodbye Malaria. Both organizations will jointly support the objectives of Ending Malaria...