The state Health Department has received confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of three unrelated cases of rat lungworm disease diagnosed in visitors to Hawaii island. Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser
How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs (via r20.rs6.net)
Here are the steps entomologists (bug experts) recommend to get rid of them. Source: r20.rs6.net
How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs (via Reader’s Digest)
The first reaction to Seeing a bed bug or a bite? Pure panic. Next, you need to follow these expert steps on how to get rid of bed bugs. Source: Reader’s Digest
Rodent-Fighting Efforts Raising A Stink Among Students At Deer Park High School (via r20.rs6.net)
Students say the odors from rodents and exterminators are making it tough to study. Source: r20.rs6.net
Lone Star Tick Growing in Numbers in Connecticut (via NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Health officials say the Lone Star Tick, the most common human-biting tick in the southeastern U.S. and Texas which causes a food allergy to read meat, has reached Connecticut’s shores and is spreading into inland areas. Source: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Asian Longhorned Tick Confirmed In Ky. (via LEX18.com)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)- An invasive Asian tick has now been Seen in the Bluegrass. No, thank you. The Asian Longhorned tick has been making its trek through the country after being discovered in the United States for the first time in New Jersey in 2017. The Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky says … Source: LEX18.com
Royalton raccoon is county’s first rabies case of 2019 (via Niagara Gazette)
The Niagara County Department of Health has been notified that a raccoon submitted for rabies testing from Ditch Road in the Town of Royalton (Wolcottsville) has confirmed positive for rabies. Source: Niagara Gazette
Did the frigid winter take a toll on ticks? Probably not (via John Enger)
State Health Department crews have been surveying tick-infested areas this spring. So far, they’ve had no trouble finding deer ticks. Source: John Enger
More Ticks Found to Be Carrying Agent That Causes Lyme Disease (via NBC Bay Area)
State researchers reported peak tick activity for 2018 and a higher than average rate of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in ticks tested by Connecticut’s Agricultural Experiment Station. Source: NBC Bay Area
West Nile, Lyme top vector-borne diseases in Durham (via DurhamRegion.com)
As warmer weather approaches, residents are reminded to take precautions to protect against vector-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and Lyme disease. Source: DurhamRegion.com
