by admin | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sept. 15, 2016, Final Public Hearing The Lee County Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Hyacinth Control District will hold a Public Hearing Thursday, September 15, 2016 to adopt a final budget for Fiscal year October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. At...
by admin | Jul 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Florida Department of Health has put out a new video for children on eliminating mosquito breeding around the house: http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/spill-the-water
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
June 29, 2016, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a roundtable meeting with Dr. Anne Schuchat and other medical expert and academics that testified at a hearing on federal efforts to combat the Zika virus. Wayne Gale testified as part...
by admin | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Used tires can be the perfect breeding place for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. To get rid of any old tires around your property, you can place two regular car tires (with rims) per week with your regular household garbage. Larger tires need to be taken to...
by admin | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Zika Virus Lecture May 9, 2016 Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner talks to high school students in a National Library of Medicine Distance Learning Program about the Zika virus and how information technology can be used in efforts to combat it. This is a 35 minute lecture...
by admin | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s Up to You: Dengue – Yellow Fever Control (USPHS, 1945) From the U.S. National Library of Medicine Zika and Chikungunya were not a problem in 1944, but the basic concepts still apply to this domestic...
by admin | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Lee County Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Health Department have worked together in cooperation to protect Lee County from mosquito borne diseases. Each year these programs monitor for local transmission of mosquito borne diseases such as St. Louis...
by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Florida Mosquito Control Association and the University of Florida’s, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory will host a workshop for the FMCA Southwest region mosquito control and public health professionals on April 26, 2016. Dr. Jonathan Day and Mr. Gregg Ross...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Investigational Use of Oxitec OX513A Mosquitoes; Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact FDA is announcing that a draft EA and preliminary FONSI, in support of a proposed investigational release (i.e., field trial) of OX513A Aedes aegypti GE mosquitoes (OX513A...
by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
From: Governor’s Press Office [mailto:Governor’sPressOffice@eog.myflorida.com] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 11:51 AM Subject: Gov. Scott: Zika Virus Information Hotline Now Available for Florida Residents and Visitors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
