The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.
The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
New cases suggests that other types of ticks, like the black-legged tick and the western black-legged tick, may also cause the condition.
Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...
Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being ...
Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to potentially ...
State environmental officials say lone star ticks and long horned ticks were found in Fairfield, New London, Middlesex and New Haven counties in 2024.
This new evidence raises worries about the spread of AGS, particularly in regions like Long Island, where ticks are a growing ...
Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says ...
New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse ...
The types of ticks that you may encounter depend on where you live, he continued. “Different types of ticks in different parts of the U.S. carry certain diseases, and it is important to know ...