Oct. Public Hearing

Sept. 15, 2016, Final Public Hearing The Lee County Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Hyacinth Control District will hold a Public Hearing Thursday, September 15, 2016 to adopt a final budget for Fiscal year  October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. At...

Spill the water campaign

The Florida Department of Health has put out a new video for children on eliminating mosquito breeding around the house:  http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/spill-the-water  

Zika Roundtable

June 29, 2016, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a roundtable meeting with Dr. Anne Schuchat and other medical expert and academics that testified at a hearing on federal efforts to combat the Zika virus. Wayne Gale testified as part...

What to do with used tires?

Used tires can be the perfect breeding place for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. To get rid of any old tires around your property, you can place two regular car tires (with rims) per week with your regular household garbage. Larger tires need to be taken to...

Zika Virus – Fight the Bite

Zika Virus Lecture May 9, 2016 Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner talks to high school students in a National Library of Medicine Distance Learning Program about the Zika virus and how information technology can be used in efforts to combat it. This is a 35 minute lecture...