Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) is vital for biodiversity, but implementation remains difficult. For military entomologists, this highlights the gap between conservation and mission-critical vector control.

Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management: Why a Good Idea Still Struggles in Practice IPPM offers solutions to manage pests while protecting pollinators, but it remains more of a guiding principle than an operational framework.

The FY26 Tick-Borne Disease Research Program is funding innovative research to prevent, detect, and resolve Lyme disease and other tick-borne conditions for service members, veterans, their families, and the public.

https://cdmrp.health.mil/tbdrp/default

USDA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on a new sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base, TX, advancing domestic Sterile Insect Technique capacity against New World Screwworm. Target: 100M flies/week by Nov 2027, scaling to 300M/week.

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New research in Nature Communications maps how ticks regulate their salivary glands during blood feeding. Scientists identified compounds that can block this process, opening a promising path toward targeted tick control.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-saliva-lyme.html

CDC updated ArboNET, the national arbovirus surveillance system with 2026 data on dengue, West Nile, and other vector-borne diseases tracked across U.S. states and territories as mosquito season approaches.

ArboNET ArboNET is the national arbovirus surveillance system managed by CDC and health departments.