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ECU posted an article today on "ECU Now" about the new American Public Health Association (APHA) book titled "Environmental Public Health: The Practitioner's Guide", wherein 5 EH faculty and 1 public health faculty from…
This category contains current news on environmental health-related topics.
Dr. Stephanie Richards was recently interviewed for an NPR article and recording about her mosquito work post-Hurricane Florence. In the interview, Dr. Richards explained the increase in floodwater mosquitoes in Eastern North Carolina after…
ECU grad students Alexis Parale, left, Megan Rhyne and Heidi Knecht set a mosquito trap in the backyard of a home in a subdivision in Winterville. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
ECU officially announced last Friday the establishment of the ECU School of Rural Public Health in the fall of 2020, and our EH program is going to be an important part of it. A…
Dr. Charles Humphrey was featured yesterday on ECU news, highlighting his 3-year, grant-funded project to improve water quality in the Lick Creek watershed near Durham, NC. The Lick Creek drains to Falls Lake, which…
An article on North Carolina Health News described several public health issues arising from hazardous conditions caused by Hurricane Matthew, as identified by various public and environmental health experts in our region. Dr. Tim…
Local news station, WNCT Channel 9, featured a news story on Pitt County Health Department and ECU's efforts related to Zika prevention. Jim Gardner (Pitt County vector control manager) was shown with our own…
Mosquito research conducted by Dr. Stephanie Richards and other collaborators in North Carolina, known as the Zika Task Force, was recently featured on National Public Radio's The Down East Journal. Dr. Richards talked about…
Dr. Richards and our Environmental Health students are featured today on the main ECU homepage! The story talks about Dr. Richard's several research projects on the potential transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes found…
Local news station, WCTI NewsChannel 12, featured a news story on Dr. Stephanie Richards' research on the capability of Aedes albopictus, mosquitoes found locally in our area, in transmitting the Zika virus. Eastern North…
A news story on Zika features the vector control efforts by Brunswick County, one of the North Carolina (NC) counties involved in the current statewide mosquito surveillance study funded by NC Department of Health…