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If it feels like you're seeing more ticks around, you're not imagining it. This is already being called the "summer of ticks" for good reason: Ticks — including those that spread diseases — are ...

Ticks are commonly found in grassy or wooded areas and can be brought into homes on pets or clothing. Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and alpha-gal ...

This year's tick season has been extremely active, leading to a surge in ER visits because of tick bites, particularly in the Northeast. This year's figures are the highest since 2019, according to ...

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First and foremost, it is crucial to do all you can to avoid tick bites as this is the best defense against tick-borne diseases. To begin with, it is important to know where to expect ticks. Ticks ...

Here are some tips to keep them away, what to do if you find a tick on you, how to identify a tick bite, and more. If you find an engorged tick on your body, like this one of the Ixodes genus, you’re ...

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 ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - State researchers released on Monday findings from their 2024 statewide tick surveillance program. The Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases at the Connecticut ...

Summer on Long Island means sun, surf, sand — and ticks. The increasingly warm winters have made the voracious, tiny critters — which can carry a number of diseases — a year-round problem. But they ...

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 ...