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Tag: COVID

a woman driver picks up a fast-food order at a restaurant's drive-through window

Pick up foods, but don’t pick up an illness


May 14, 2020

In our last blog, we discussed the four core principles of safe food handling. Now, let's focus on carry-out, prepared foods. Many of us have days packed with activity, and often find it hard to carve out time to prepare meals from scratch. ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, Curbside Delivery, Food, Food Safety, Health, Illness, Meal, Nutrition, Pgm_FCS
modified World Health Organization infographic noting no connection between mosquitoes and COVID-19

Mosquitoes and COVID-19


March 18, 2020

Have you been wondering about mosquitoes and the role they play in vectoring diseases, especially coronavirus/COVID-19? Well, they happen to take the dubious title of the deadliest animal on the planet, because of their ability to transmit many ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, Horticulture, Insect, Insects, Land Insects, Landscape Insects, Lawn, Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Nature, Pgm_Chemicals