Washington DC | Dr. Crouthamel was invited by the USDA’s Associate Administrator For Risk Management, Barbara Leach, to participate in the Seventh Annual Cyber Security Symposium and Expo at the USDA headquarters in Washington. Dr. Crouthamel presented on behalf of IEDRO. Among the topics Dr. Crouthamel addressed, were weather data rescue and digitization’s impact on agriculture risk […]
Disease Prevention
Historical Climatic Data and Infectious Disease: Messages from the Past Help Forecast Epidemics of the Future
May 26, 2012
By Jason Klein, Environmental Writer and Editor The connections between climate change and infectious diseases are far more complex and numerous than the scope of this article can entail, as a search on your favorite search engine will tell you. Our specific question is: can an analysis of historical climatic data help us to understand […]
Using Climate Models to Predict Mosquito Proliferation
January 28, 2012
by Gavin Roy West Nile Virus, a known disease threat to humans, was first observed to be carried by mosquitoes in the Midwestern United States in 1999. Since then, state and local governments have enacted mosquito abatement plans that involve large-scale spraying to stem the spread of the disease. While spraying can be lifesaving for […]