Pien Huang

Yeah. Okay. This sounds like a very serious disease. And it's one of the reasons you two went to report this story in Arizona. Before we get into how the tribe turned the disease around, why has the infection rate been so high?

Yeah. Okay. This sounds like a very serious disease. And it's one of the reasons you two went to report this story in Arizona. Before we get into how the tribe turned the disease around, why has the infection rate been so high?

Yeah. Okay. This sounds like a very serious disease. And it's one of the reasons you two went to report this story in Arizona. Before we get into how the tribe turned the disease around, why has the infection rate been so high?

I am from Connecticut, where there's lots of ticks. So I know a vector is just like... Fancy science word for a creature that carries a disease. It can be a mosquito. It can be a flea. In this case, it's a tick.

I am from Connecticut, where there's lots of ticks. So I know a vector is just like... Fancy science word for a creature that carries a disease. It can be a mosquito. It can be a flea. In this case, it's a tick.

I am from Connecticut, where there's lots of ticks. So I know a vector is just like... Fancy science word for a creature that carries a disease. It can be a mosquito. It can be a flea. In this case, it's a tick.

And it's upon these dogs that this new tick vector is being carried, spreading Rocky Mountain spotted fever to children. And it all just sounds like a bad combination of things.

And it's upon these dogs that this new tick vector is being carried, spreading Rocky Mountain spotted fever to children. And it all just sounds like a bad combination of things.

And it's upon these dogs that this new tick vector is being carried, spreading Rocky Mountain spotted fever to children. And it all just sounds like a bad combination of things.

OK, so given this perfect storm. Who then has been turning this disease around and how?

OK, so given this perfect storm. Who then has been turning this disease around and how?

OK, so given this perfect storm. Who then has been turning this disease around and how?

This is why we love public health, though. They're all about prevention. They're all about partnerships. Okay, so how is the tribe and the CDC doing this?

This is why we love public health, though. They're all about prevention. They're all about partnerships. Okay, so how is the tribe and the CDC doing this?

This is why we love public health, though. They're all about prevention. They're all about partnerships. Okay, so how is the tribe and the CDC doing this?

This reminds me of, what was it during the pandemic we all did? Contact tracing? Contact tracing, yeah. Exactly, yeah.

This reminds me of, what was it during the pandemic we all did? Contact tracing? Contact tracing, yeah. Exactly, yeah.

This reminds me of, what was it during the pandemic we all did? Contact tracing? Contact tracing, yeah. Exactly, yeah.

That's pretty cool.

That's pretty cool.