US Senator Charles Schumer has proposed a plan to use federal resources to track and reduce mosquito populations in order to combat the spread of diseases such as West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The plan involves speeding up the passage of the pending bipartisan bill, the Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health (SMASH) Act, which would reauthorize critical public health tools that support states and localities in their mosquito surveillance and control efforts.
Click the link below to learn more about how this proposed plan could help control the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, and how it could potentially affect public health on a local and national scale.
OGDENSBURG — With mosquito-borne illnesses on the rise in St. Lawrence County, Sen. Charles E. Schumer outlined a two-pronged attack to combat …
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