Fight the Bite News

Students from Hawaii and Michigan Win “Fight the Bite” Poster Contest

Sponsored by CDC and DEET Education Program, Contest Raises Awareness about Preventing Mosquito and Tick Bites

Ixodes Scapularis ticks can carry Lyme disease

Students from Hawaii and Michigan are the national Grand Prize winners in this year’s “Fight the Bite” poster contest, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the DEET Education Program. Introduced in 2007, the contest invites fifth- and sixth-graders to create educational posters encouraging children and adults to protect themselves against mosquito and tick bites and the diseases they can cause.

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