What will Keystone virus mean to PMPs?
Updated June 23, 4:45 p.m. ET, to reflect comments by AMCA’s Joe Conlon. After the Keystone virus was first detected in Aedes atlanticus mosquitoes in 1964, in Keystone, Fla., the prevailing wisdom has been that it is a risk to... Read more»
Central Life Sciences: SLAP Program
To assist mosquito management professionals in spreading the word about their role in public health, Central Life Sciences, the makers of Zoëcon Professional Products including Gentrol and Precor, has developed a multi-channel, public-facing awareness campaign. The Support, Learning, Awareness & Prevention... Read more»
Congress approves Zika funding
According to the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Sept. 30 policy e-newsletter, the U.S. Congress avoided a government shut-down and passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Dec. 9, 2016. The CR includes $1.1 billion in funding... Read more»Zika outbreak seeps beyond Florida’s ‘warning zone’
Zika news took an unexpected and somewhat dire turn recently when one pregnant woman set off a firestorm in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, where there appears to be the first U.S.-borne Zika outbreak. What’s confounding to experts is the fact that... Read more»
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 2 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management. What follows is part 2 of this 2-part post.] What does a pest management professional do to prevent it? Unfortunately, pest management professionals cannot... Read more»
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 1 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management.] For those new to the mosquito control game, the question you’re most likely to get this summer is, “Should I be worried about Zika?”... Read more»
NPMA rounds up Zika developments
Updated May 31 to reflect new developments, as reported by the NPMA. In its weekly ePestWorld newsletter to members, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) reports on three industry updates regarding the Zika virus, which can be transmitted by Aedes... Read more»Puerto Rico’s crippled health system could complicate the battle against Zika for everyone
I fear my last blog post regarding Zika downplayed the urgency of the virus. As new news continued to surface, I considered going back and making some edits to what I originally wrote on the subject. While I stand... Read more»