Scientists are developing the first-ever pill to prevent Lyme disease, potentially protecting millions from tick-borne ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

Each year as the temperature drops and the grass once again turns green, the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control ...

Lyme disease is spread by tick bites and can be debilitating. A blood tests can check for it but may not give a positive result until eight weeks after the patient is bitten. Getty Images Prof ...

Pennsylvania has the largest population of ticks in the U.S. – in this post, you’ll learn how to avoid them (and thereby how to avoid Lyme disease). When we think of the Midwest, it is often long ...

To help landowners, the project will develop actionable recommendations on forest management as well as best practices for sharing that information, and establish a network for spreading these ideas.

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

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