Coming Next Week: "Pest Week at the Medical Museum!" -- Lyme Disease Talk--7/15--12pm

 

SAVE THE DATE! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

“Lyme Disease in Your Community” Lunchtime Talk at Medical Museum, 7/15/10, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Free!   Featuring Registered Nurse Marilyn Algire and SGT Jason Patterson of the Preventive Medicine Department at Walter Reed Army Medical Center   Concerned about a tick bite? Will you or your pets spend time outdoors this summer? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then bring your lunch and join the National Museum of Health and Medicine for an informative talk about Lyme disease. The talk will include information about the geographic location of most cases of Lyme disease; how the disease spreads; the do's and don'ts of prevention; and the importance of early disease detection. This event is being presented in conjunction with the poster presentation, “Solving the Puzzle: Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus & You,” from the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.

Where: NMHM (Building 54), in Russell Auditorium When: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (bring your lunch!) Questions: (202) 782-2673 or http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum