Category: ticks

Six Ways to Ruin Your Summer Fun!

A group of children at a pool learning to swim.

Ahhh, summer… when the weather’s nice, the birds are singing and the ways to endanger your health are many. Here are six things that can ruin your summer fun and simple steps that you can take to prevent them from happening. 1. Don’t Get Overheated It doesn’t matter whether you’re physically fit or young and Read More >

July 8, 2019 by Blog Administrator3 Comments

General, Injury, preparedness, prevention

drowning, Environmental Health, extreme heat, food poisoning, food safety, heat cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, mosquitoes, personal health, pool safety, public health, sunburn, Sunscreen, ticks, water safety

Hemorrhagic Fever in Saudi Arabia: Following the Ticks

As scientists with CDC’s Special Pathogens Branch, Pierre Rollin, Bobbie Rae Erickson, and I recently boarded a flight from Atlanta to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, so that we could provide health officials with our expertise on Alkhurma virus. This virus causes Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever, a tick-borne disease that can be serious, even fatal, in humans. Ticks Read More >

February 24, 2010 by Adam MacNeil5 Comments

Vectorborne

riyadh, saudi arabia, special pathogens branch, ticks, virus