San Carlos Animal Management challenge supervisor Harty Bendle, Sr. and his daughter Chante Bendle greet a pet and a mother canine on Dec. 6, 2024 on the San Carlos Apache Nation.
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San Carlos Animal Management challenge supervisor Harty Bendle, Sr. and his daughter Chante Bendle greet a pet and a mother canine on Dec. 6, 2024 on the San Carlos Apache Nation.
Caitlin O’Hara for NPR
Rocky Mountain Noticed Fever is likely one of the deadliest tickborne ailments in the US, usually killing individuals inside a few week if left untreated. At one level, the San Carlos Apache Reservation had charges of an infection 150 occasions the nationwide common.
However now, they’ve achieved an enormous milestone: No deaths from the illness in 5 years.
NPR science correspondent Pien Huang and producer Megan Lim visited the reservation to see this system that led to their success.
Learn Pien’s full story here.
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In the present day’s episode was produced by Berly McCoy. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones and Pien Huang checked the details. Kwesi Lee was the audio engineer.
