Short Bites Monthly
Your digest for October 2022.
Short Bites Monthly ensures that our data as a public health agency remains transparent to the public and to people who are interested in our mission.
Events
A special thank you to the cities that invited us to their events this month
- Alhambra's Know Your Neighbor Events
- Industry's Golf Course Maintenance Trainings
- La Puente's Farmers' Market
- La Puente's Movie at the Park
- Arcadia's WaterFest
Image of our outreach efforts this month.
Enhanced Neighborhood Support (ENS)
- Enhanced Neighborhood Support (ENS) has been conducted in several neighborhoods. This includes door-to-door property inspections, delivery of educational material, and residential alerts to disease threats.
Image of our Outreach Assistant preparing for an ENS event.
Image of our Intern passing out door hangers at an ENS event.
The Bite Back Tour
- Season 2 is finished! Each episode of this season was dedicated to a specific set of topics to help residents stay safe from mosquitoes and the diseases they spread when they bite.
- In case you missed an episode, you can watch all episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 on our YouTube channel.
Citizen Science Programs
- Our Operation Mosquito G.R.I.D. and the Vector Inspector Program (V.I.P.) kicked off as students returned to school. These education programs are FREE and a great way to engage students in hands-on activities that promote citizen science and are NGSS-aligned.
- This month, we had nursing students from Western University help out our water analysis team to identify mosquito larvae and pupae.
Image of nursing students conducting water analysis.
- Students from across the San Gabriel Valley turned in their water samples to discover that they had mosquitoes growing in their backyards.
- This incredible hands-on and NGSS-aligned activity was planned by their teachers who participated in our Train-The-Trainer program.
Image of water analysis findings.
A special thank you to the schools who are participating in our programs this Fall
- Cherrylee Elementary
- Wright Elementary School
- Grace Miller Elementary School
- San Jose Charter Academy
- St. John the Baptist School
Digital Communications
Beware of Blood-Sucking Monsters on Halloween
- Read our latest blog post that tells the tale of blood-sucking monsters on Halloween. But beware, we also share our hacks on how to stay safe & healthy from mosquitoes.
Check Out Our Hacks for a Happy Halloween
- The Surveillance Department continues to focus on maintaining essential vector surveillance including mosquito trap routes, arbovirus testing, providing weekly surveillance data to the District, and maintaining the mosquito fish and mosquito colonies.
- This month, enhanced mosquito surveillance was conducted in addition to routine surveillance.
- Aedes mosquitoes, also known as ankle biters, are still active. Currently, these black-and-white striped mosquitoes are considered nuisance biters and are not spreading any diseases locally.
- Residents can stay updated with mosquito-borne disease activity in the San Gabriel Valley through our District's press releases.
Image of average mosquitoes per trap by sampling location and by city/community. The size of the bubbles on the map reflects the relative numbers of mosquitoes caught at each trap.
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🖋 Written by Ally Gaspar, Outreach Assistant