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It’s May, which means warmer weather, a little more time outside, spring gardening…and ticks. Each Thursday this month, Taylor Quimby, host of the NHPR Source: Taylor Quimby

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Source: WAGM

North Dakota Department of Health employees said residents are reporting lots of ticks already this season. Source: Emmeline Ivy

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Durland Fish, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists traced the cause to tick bites and named it Lyme disease, but why it had suddenly … Read More

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the U.S. Source: WWLP

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Durland Fish, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists traced the cause to tick bites and named it Lyme disease, but why it had suddenly … Read More

A big weather warm-up is coming toward the end of this week, so ticks will only continue to become more active again. Source: WWLP

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks Source: MEAWW