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Fernando Gutierrez | Mosquito Risks, Prevention, and Community Protection in Coachella Valley
In this episode of the Healthy Desert Healthy You podcast, host Will Dean sits down with Fernando Gutierrez, Community Engagement Specialist with the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. Fernando explains the district’s nearly 100-year mission to monitor and control vectors—mosquitoes, rodents, fire ants, and more—that pose health risks to Coachella Valley residents. He discusses the region’s unusually active mosquito season, the spread of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and the diseases they can transmit, including West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis. Fernando…
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