The East Shore District Health Department Presents..”What’s Bugging Connecticut? How to Protect Yourself from Ticks & Mosquitoes”- Tuesday, June 10 at 6:00 p.m.- Location: Zoom
Barbara Naclerio, Health Educator at the East Shore District Health Department will discuss the increased number of ticks and mosquitos in our state and the increase in the percentage of those that carry diseases. She will discuss how you can best protect yourself from these pests. For more information and to sign-up and receive the Zoom link, please contact Cynthia, Community Services Librarian at: cgwiazda@hagamanlibrary.org.
Topics covered will include:
An increased number of ticks and a larger percentage of those
carrying diseases means you are more at risk.
Find out how to protect yourself.
Find environmentally friendly ways to avoid getting ticks and mosquitoes in your yard and on yourself-
o Removing ticks
o Preventing ticks in your yard
o Preventing mosquito bites
o Planning for travel
o Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease ·
Lyme disease · Powassan virus disease
Please note: This talk will be held over Zoom rather than in-person