The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Management are concerned that the mild winter could lead to an overabundance of ticks this year and is urging Source: Westerly Sun
Ticks Aren’t Social Distancing – So Protect Yourself
State Senator Pam Helming urged local residents Thursday to take precautions to help prevent Lyme and other tick-borne diseases as National Lyme Disease Awareness Month is upon us in May. Experts are predicting a much earlier start to the season due to the warmer winter we experienced.”It is importa… Source: -Staff
Ticks are Getting Active, Time for Lyme Disease Awareness
(Alexandria, MN) The number of people who experience the effects of Lyme Disease is unknown, because the symptoms are as wide ranging as the people going through it. Each year, Source: Voice of Alexandria
SCORES & OUTDOORS: Let’s talk about deer ticks…one more time | The Town Line Newspaper
by Roland D. Hallee – Although not all deer ticks are infected with Lyme disease, you never really know. Only ticks that have fed on infected mammals are infected… Source: The Town Line Newspaper
Lee County urges residents to take precautions as mosquito activity ramps up
LCMCD recommends that people carry repellent and wear long sleeves whenever possible since this is just the beginning. Source: r20.rs6.net
Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab Sees Uptick During Quarantine
The Pennsylvania tick lab in East Stroudsburg University’s innovation center, is seeing more than double the amount of submitted ticks this season. According to experts more people are spending time… Source: Justin Dorsey
What’s Going Around: Tick bites, stomach bug, hand, foot and mouth
WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across Central Pa. are seeing a definite uptick in allergy and asthma flares. They are also seeing some ear infections and also some cases of hand, foot and m… Source: ABC27
Marin health officials remind public of mosquito risks
Mosquitos cannot transmit COVID-19, but the flying insects that thrive in hot weather are known vectors of West Nile, Zika and several other diseases. Source: Marin Independent Journal
Why Coronavirus Won’t Be the End of It
Judith Lewis Mernit: He suspects that tens of thousands of mammalian viruses have the potential to make the phylogenetic leap to human beings. Without global coordination, we’re at a loss to stop any of them. Source: LA Progressive
Purdue Expert Says It’s ‘Extremely Unlikely’ Mosquitoes Can Transmit COVID-19
(UNDATED) – As summer approaches Hoosiers are worried mosquitoes might spread COVID-19. Source: r20.rs6.net
/* ]]> */