MMCD staff work throughout the season to gather information about Lyme disease and deer tick activity. As part of a long-term study, MMCD is in the field trapping and collecting small rodents ...

Monday’s record high temperatures have signaled across the area that springtime and warmer temperatures aren’t too far away ...

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 ...

Lyme disease is most frequently reported from the upper midwestern, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic states where it is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Some cases are also reported from northern ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In the Northeast, 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and up to 25% of nymphs carry the bacteria causing Lyme disease. The study analyzed data from 1989 to 2021 ...