The invasive insects turned up in Pennsylvania in 2014. Now the state has placed 3,000 square miles under quarantine, and scientists worry the pest will spread. Source: r20.rs6.net
“Tick Explosion” or Not: Lyme Disease Still a Concern This Summer (via Healthline)
Experts disagree on whether there’ll be an increase of ticks. Either way, there will still be plenty of them. Here’s what you can do to avoid the pests. Source: Healthline
State Union: Tick awareness critical to avoiding Lyme disease (via Olean Times Herald)
The presence of Lyme-disease-carrying deer ticks continues to grow in the northeast United States — including New York and Pennsylvania — and health officials are sounding warnings for increased awareness Source: Olean Times Herald
This Is Why You Should Throw Your Clothes Into the Dryer After a Hike (via POPSUGAR Fitness)
Here’s how you can protect yourself. Source: POPSUGAR Fitness
7 Diseases You Didn’t Know You Can Get From Ticks (via Bustle/)
If you’re excited about the summer sun and the possibility of hiking and going to the lake, it’s worth being careful: summer is also tick season. Source: Bustle/
Experts: Number of ticks not the real concern (via capecodtimes.com)
With disease-carrying deer ticks now emerging from the leaf litter of yards, fields and forests, Cape Codders want to know: Will this be a bad tick year? Source: capecodtimes.com
State confirms first case of rat lungworm disease on Oahu involves toddler (via HNN Staff)
The state has confirmed Oahu’s first case of rat lungworm disease, and it involves a toddler. Source: HNN Staff
‘I literally got jumped by bees,’ Glendale woman says of bee attack (via Maria Hechanova)
A Glendale man and his neighbor are recovering today after surviving a bee attack. Steve Mullins, 62, was washing his car in his front driveway yesterday evening when he felt something on his neck… Source: Maria Hechanova
Woman says daughter was bitten by bed bugs at Marlboro County school (via WPDE)
A woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said her 15-year-old daughter who is a student at Marlboro County High School suffered a bad reaction when she was bitten last Tuesday by a bed bug in a computer lab at the school. Source: WPDE
Evansville dogs trained to sniff bedbugs, not explosives (via Emilee Fannon)
Former trainer of law enforcement dogs now trains the animals to detect bedbugs Source: Emilee Fannon
