With warmer weather and families feeling cooped up, many are choosing to spend their time this summer outside. While being outdoors lessens the COVID-19 spread, it increases your chances of running into another disease. “Because the focus is so much on COVID maybe we don’t think about Lyme Disease as much, and I think that you’re going to see a… … Read More
Lyme disease, coronavirus, EEE to create ‘perfect storm’ this summer
The ongoing threat of coronavirus coupled with the risk of EEE and Lyme disease that often increases in the summer months will create “the perfect storm” for illness as people spend mor… Source: Boston Herald
How to protect yourself from ticks this summer
It’s important to cover up during hikes by wearing pants and high socks while outdoors. Source: r20.rs6.net
Welcome to Tick Season
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Stamm: How to protect yourself from ticks
If you spend a significant amount of time outdoors in the summer, chances are you have had a few tick encounters. Ticks are parasites that must have three blood meals during their lifetime to develop and reproduce. Kentucky is an ideal environment for ticks as we have forests, humidity and a large deer population. The … Source: Winchester Sun
Aggressive, Human-Biting Tick Invades
The lone star tick had previously been limited to the southeastern U.S. It’s here now… Source: Across Connecticut, CT Patch
Mosquitoes NJ: Warmer, wetter summers bring more bites, more killer viruses
Mosquitoes are more than a flying, biting pest in New Jersey. Their bites can be deadly. Source: Asbury Park Press
More Disease-Carrying Ticks Being Found in Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn. – According to the Minnesota Department of Health, more ticks that carry Lyme disease and other illnesses are being found across the state. 30-40 percent of adult deer or black-legged ticks have Lyme disease. Health experts are more concerned with that species than the larger and more common wood or dog tick. Ticks can only transmit disease if… … Read More
When mosquito and tick season meets COVID-19
With COVID-19 restrictions easing, people are spending more time at socially distanced outdoor gatherings, whether picnics in parks with friends or backyard movie nights with neighbors. But as we escape the confines of COVID-19 quarantines, we’re heading outside into peak mosquito and tick season. Source: r20.rs6.net
Mosquito, Tick Populations Unchecked Amid COVID-19
Health departments are pouring resources into easing the coronavirus and have been forced to limit or suspend pest services Source: WebMD
