Mosquitoes

Did you receive your copy of the Board of Health's June 2021 postcard regarding ways to prevent mosquito bites?  If not, please see its graphic below:

Additional Resources

Fact Sheets:

• Nashoba Associated Boards of Health (NABH) Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention (July 2022) 
• Harvard Board of Health EEE Information Sheet (8/25/20)
• MA Department of Public Health EEE Fact Sheet
• MA Department of Public Health West Nile Virus Fact Sheet
• MA Department of Public Health Preventing Mosquito Bites
• MA Department of Public Health Mosquito Repellents Fact Sheet

Websites: 

• MA Department of Public Health: Mosquito-borne Diseases
• MA Department of Public Health: EEE
• MA Department of Public Health: West Nile Virus
• MA Department of Public Health: Mosquito Repellants 
• MA Department of Public Health: Massachusetts Arbovirus Update (Risk maps & results summary) 
• MA Department of Public Health: Mosquito Control and Spraying  
• MA Department of Agricultural Resources: Aerial Spray Map
• EPA: Repellent Selector Tool

Other:  

• WBUR article regarding EEE risk assessment (8/29/19)
• Sign Up for Spray Notifications: https://www.mass.gov/forms/how-to-request-to-be-notified-of-an-aerial-spray-or-wide-area-emergency-operation-conducted
• Dead birds are no longer being tested for WNV and do not need to be reported to the MA Department of Public Health before safe disposal in the trash.  Using gloves, a shovel or plastic bags covering your hands, the dead bird should be double-bagged and placed in the trash. You should then wash your hands. (Source, August 2020:  https://www.mass.gov/service-details/west-nile-virus-wnv)