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Military Health System Confronts Stigma Surrounding Mental Health Care
Stigma can be a barrier to a service member seeking support for their mental health. Recognizing mental health as part of overall health and changing attitudes are keys to addressing it.
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Everyone—in the United States and around the world—is vulnerable to diseases spread by infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks and fleas, also called vectors. Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria that are transmitted by vectors. Increasing global travel and urbanization are contributing to vector-borne disease outbreaks in new regions and countries.
Some vector-borne diseases, like plague, have been around for thousands of years. Others, like Heartland virus disease and Bourbon virus disease, have been discovered recently. The most common vector-borne disease in the United States is Lyme disease, which is transmitted by blacklegged ticks and is estimated to cause more than 400,000 new cases each year (source: Data and Surveillance | Lyme Disease | CDC)
This list is not all inclusive. Expand on each vector to see the diseases they transmit.
Mosquito
Aedes
Anopheles
Culex
Learn more about mosquito-borne illnesses
Blackflies
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Fleas
Learn more about flea-borne illnesses
Lice
Sandflies
Ticks
Learn more about tick-borne illnesses
Triatome (Kissing) bugs
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Tsetse flies
Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
If you're a DOD beneficiary, submit the tick to MilTICK for free identification and testing.
Bug Week kicks off with Bugapalooza to educate you on the good and bad in bugs and how some can transmit diseases.
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This summer, we're celebrating Bug Week from June 10 through 17 to educate you about bug-borne illnesses you may encounter at home and at forward-deployed operational sites. Mark your calendars! We ANT-icipate a really great time!!!
Dr. Maria A Gonzales-Morales, Entomologist, DCPH-A, will discuss how to approach bed bug infestations, alleviate the social stigma associated with them and raise awareness of the hardest pest to eradicate in the US.
Bed bugs are coming and this hitchhiker wants your blood!
Prevention is key for protecting you and your pets from the diseases that fleas carry. Learn the tips and tricks to keep the fleas away. Visit www.health.mil/bugs for more information.
Mosquitos are small but mighty bugs that are responsible for about 750,000 deaths a year. Learn how to protect yourself from mosquitos this summer. Visit www.health.mil/bugs for more information.
Warm weather means more outdoor time and more ticks. Learn what simple steps you can take to protect yourself from ticks while you're outside and when you get home. Visit www.health.mil/bugs for more information.
Navy Entomology Center of Excellence staff trained and equipped active duty preventive medicine and civilian pest control personnel representing U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army during the largest inter-agency pesticide certification course delivered in nearly five years on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 23.
A cure for a debilitating and sometimes deadly disease, new treatments for working military dogs, a snakebite antidote, and a treatment for respiratory disease! See how years of research collaborations are providing protections for warfighters in remote places like never before.
In support of the Military Health System, the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 is just one global entity that works with local partners to identify and combat global health threats.
Notice of emerging tick-borne pathogen detected in January 2023 by the Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) Branch of the Defense Center Public Health-Aberdeen (DCPH-A)
This article provides an annual update of rates and incident infections of malaria species among U.S. service members.
What you should know and do about bee, wasp, and hornet stings
Collecting vector samples allows for PHC-P scientists to analyze areas of interest for potential vector-borne diseases that could impact the health of the force.
The GEIS FVBI program supports vector and vector-borne disease surveillance projects in more than 40 countries around the world.
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