The spring and summer are prime time for ticks and mosquitoes, but there’s work to be done to prevent insects year-round. There are science-backed ways to stay safe from potentially infectious bugs, ...
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As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health. By Maggie Astor Lately, Shannon LaDeau and her colleagues have had unwelcome visitors at their ...
BILLINGS – A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the most common disease spread by ticks in the United States, estimated ...
Share on Pinterest Experts say climate change is a major factor in the increase and spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Karen Kasmauski/Getty Images Health officials report an increasing number ...
University of Rhode Island professor Thomas Mather said that tick sightings have increased in the last two weeks. Mather said it’s currently too early yet to tell how bad tick season will be. But he ...
There is an increasing need for signs such the one seen here at the entrance to a trail at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, New York, warning of ticks. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty ...
The most distinctive feature of lone star ticks may be the starlike white splotch on the backs of adult females that gives them their name. But it’s the baby (larval) lone star ticks that may make a ...
Nothing sends a shiver down the spine like finding a tick latched onto your skin after a hike. But beyond the nausea-inducing idea of being host to a blood-sucking parasite, the consequences of tick ...