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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
$600K+ awarded to area agencies to best mosquito viruses
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is awarding several state agencies with money to combat mosquito spread illnesses. In a press release, the Ohio EPA announced that $650,625 would be awarded to 33 state agencies. Of that total, three Miami Valley agencies are included. 'These grants are essential to help health departments around Ohio fight mosquito-borne diseases,' said Ohio EPA Director-Designate, John Logue. 'The funding provides education, outreach, and necessary equipment to better protect all Ohioans.' Ohio invasive plant list grows longer Specifically, the grants will help alleviate the spread of viruses like West Nile, La Crosse Encephalitis and Eastern Equine Encephalitis by funding surveillance, larval control and the reduction of breeding spots like those found in illegal scrap tire piles. Greene County Public Health will receive $25,000, the Darke County General Health District will receive $24,613 and the Butler County General Health District will receive $22,102. In total, $71,715 was awarded to Miami Valley agencies for this effort. A complete list of state agencies receiving a grant for mosquito control is below. 2025-MCG-Award-ListDownload Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Valley awarded mosquito control grants
(WKBN) — While the recent warm weather may be welcome after a cold winter, it also signals the return of an unwelcome pest: the mosquito. Read next: 100+ mph police chase started as suspected street race: Report To help combat mosquitoes and the viruses they spread, the Ohio EPA has awarded $650,000 in mosquito control grants across the state. In the Valley, the Mahoning County Public Health and Trumbull County Combined Health District were awarded $23,306 and $22,500, respectively. 'These grants are essential to help health departments around Ohio fight mosquito-borne diseases,' said Ohio EPA Director-Designate John Logue. 'The funding provides education, outreach, and necessary equipment to better protect all Ohioans.' The funding will help pay for mosquito control activities such as surveillance, larval control and the reduction of breeding spots, like illegal scrap tire piles. If unmanaged, mosquitoes can spread viruses, including West Nile, La Crosse Encephalitis and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Richmond County Mosquito Control preparing for the possible influx this mosquito season
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Hurricane Helene created a perfect bloom for mosquitos, and the Richmond County Misquote Control is working to combat it and will soon begin spraying. Spring means patrons and mosquitos, and these are two things we will see a lot of soon. 'They have been very, very bad, and they are a lot bigger than what they have been. It is very scary, and my eight-month-old is very hard to bring her outside now because of the mosquitoes,' said Brianna Quarterman, a resident. Our area already has many mosquitoes because of the wet, hot, and humidity we see. But after Hurricane Helene, our area saw an uptick in the mosquitos. 'We have a very long mosquito season, but with hurricane Helene, which brought in so much rain, we just got a ton of flood water species mosquitoes,' said Mindy Kruty-Crothers, Director, Mosquito and Vector Surveillance Georgia DPH Richmond County. 'So, like Psorophora, which are these really large ones that people are seeing.' Before Hurricane Helene, Kruty-Crothers says that during a typical Mosquito trapping week, she would catch around 500 out of the eight trappings sites. After Helene, she caught 6,000 in only four traps. 'Numbers just increased exponentially, and then all of those mosquitoes from last season were able to bite people and lay eggs. You know, those eggs are going to start to hatch and emerge for the season. So that's what we're concerned about is we're just trying to keep the mosquito population under control for the county,' said Kruty-Crothers. Some residents want to protect themselves from the bites because of what they can carry. 'Well, some mosquitoes can carry diseases, and if we get a lot of them that carry diseases, that will be a big problem,' said Henry Rockwood, a resident. Some of the diseases we have here are West Nile Virus, Equine Encephalitis, and La Crosse Encephalitis. Malaria, dengue, and chikungunya are not here, but they can be brought here. 'Because people travel so much and go away to other countries on vacation, they can bring those diseases back to this country, and we do have mosquitoes in this area that are able to vector those diseases,' said Kruty-Crothers. Bug repellents, long sleeves, and pants are the best way to protect yourself. 311 will start on April 15th with free inspections and spraying property. They will also educate you to ensure there is no standing water near your home since that is where they breed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
