May 1, noon EST
The number of illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites has more than tripled in the U.S., with more than 640,000 cases reported from 2004 through 2016. Widespread and difficult to control, diseases from mosquitoes and ticks are major causes of illness and sometimes death.
New CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., and Lyle Petersen, director of CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, will lead the discussion.
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