With the warmer weather upon us, it’s time to start thinking about protecting yourself from ticks. The experts say this is the time of year they really start coming out – and this year, conditions are right for us to See a lot of them. Source: WNYT NewsChannel 13
Pennsylvania House passes bill for full Lyme disease coverage (via WHTM)
The Pennsylvania legislature has moved legislation that would require health insurers to cover long-term treatments for Lyme disease. Source: WHTM
Winter Weather Can Make Tick-Borne Illness Like Lyme Disease Worse (via Healthline)
Thanks to unseasonably warm, wet weather Seen across the country, tick season will be especially tough this year, health experts say. With record levels of Lyme disease and a new type of tick spotted across the United States, itâs important to understand and prevent tick bites. Source: Healthline
Warning: Ticks Are Posing Higher Risks for People and Pets This Year, Experts Say (via House Beautiful)
This is my worst nightmare. Source: House Beautiful
7 Things You Should Be Doing to Prevent Bed Bugs (via r20.rs6.net)
Bed bugsâthey’re back and in more places than you realize. Here’s how to prevent bed bugs from infesting your house. Source: r20.rs6.net
7 Things You Should Be Doing to Prevent Bed Bugs (via Reader’s Digest)
Bed bugs—they’re back and in more places than you realize. Here’s how to prevent bed bugs from infesting your house. Source: Reader’s Digest
Bedbugs infest La Junta Intermediate School (via LA Junta Tribune – La Junta, CO)
They’re small. They’re resilient. They feast solely on blood.They’re Cimex lectularius, commonly known as: bedbugs.The Centers for Disease Control states Source: LA Junta Tribune – La Junta, CO
Parents, students say BOE not being honest about bed bugs issue at a Waterbury high school (via FOX 61)
WATERBURY – A Waterbury high school is apparently dealing with a bed bug problem. And, parents and students of Waterbury Career Academy say they are frustrated. According to the Waterbury Board of Educations, WCA staff immediately addressed the issue and collaborated with the City Health Department and the School Facilities Division and the bus company. However, but they didn’t keep everyone in the loop. Source: FOX 61
Dona Ana County’s fishy solution to mosquitoes (via KTSM)
As we come into the warmer months many of us know what’s coming — mosquitoes. Source: KTSM
Lone Star tick bite causes life-threatening meat allergy to hundreds in Southeast (via wbir.com)
Alpha Gal, it’s a funny name, but there’s nothing funny about the health problems it can cause. It begins with a tick bite, resulting in a life-threatening food allergy. Source: wbir.com
