Take a buzz through time to see the fascinating history of entomology in the Military Health System.

Tick bites are one of the first things unit commanders should check for in field locations.

Air Force Maj. Elizabeth Foley, an entomologist and bug expert, is chief of the force health branch at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. In an interview for Bug Week 2023, happening June 10-17, Foley described the role of entomologists across the Military Health System as they work to ...

As summer travel picks up for many military families, due to vacations or a scheduled permanent change of station, or PCS, move, there is one passenger you don’t want hitching a ride with you or your family - bed bugs! Our DOD expert has some travel tips to prevent vacation infestation.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center celebrates Bug Week with an informational video about prevention of Vector-borne illnesses. Bug Week is a time to inform and learn about vector-borne illnesses and ways to prevent them. (DOD video by Ricardo J. Reyes)

Bed bugs are coming and this hitchhiker wants your blood!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Notice of emerging tick-borne pathogen detected in January 2023 by the Vector-Borne Disease Branch of the Defense Center Public Health-Aberdeen.

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.