And it will stay there for several days. A tick can carry a variety of diseases, some of which can be serious. Usually, you can recover fully and quickly with early treatment. That means you need ...
Elementary students in grades 1-6 are invited to enter the 2025 Lyme Disease Student Art Contest by creating a short video or poster focusing on the theme “Protect. Check. Remove.” ...
Sometimes, it can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Colorado tick fever. The deer tick is the size of a poppy seed. After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease ...
The administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro is inviting first through sixth grade students in Pennsylvania to enter the 2025 Lyme Disease Student Art Contest by creating a short video or poster ...
Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...
A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...