Letter supporting funding in FY 2025 for the Vector-Borne disease Network

Dear Chairwoman Capito, Ranking Member Baldwin, Chairman Aderholt, and Ranking Member DeLauro,

The Vector-Borne Disease Network (VBDN) is a stakeholder group of nonprofit organizations led by the Entomological Society of America (ESA) that aims to reduce human and animal suffering caused by arthropod disease vectors. Many notorious public health threats such as Lyme disease, Zika virus, malaria, and West Nile virus are transmitted by arthropod vectors like ticks and mosquitoes. We urge you to provide at least $11.581 billion for CDC in the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bills

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