Before you head outdoors this summer, health experts have a critical warning for New Yorkers: watch out for ticks—because ...

A new Lyme disease vaccine, VLA15, is currently being tested and the manufacturers could ask the FDA for authorization as early as 2026.

Long Island has long been one of the nation’s hot spots for ticks and the diseases they carry, such as Lyme disease. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined the ...

Long Island had a rather mild winter, which can increase tick activity, said Dr. Scott Campbell, Suffolk County’s entomologist. A wet spring also tend to bring out more ticks. “There’s a lot ...

With climate change, tick populations have surged across the Northeast. While New York City isn’t a hot spot for ticks, it’s surrounded by regions where the risk of encountering an infected tick is ...

Long Islanders better brace for a bloodthirsty summer. Populations of several tick species across both Nassau and Suffolk counties have exploded since the fall, experts told The Post. “I have ...

Most ticks go through four… What to watch out for when it comes to ticks As the weather warms and people begin to emerge from their winter lairs, it is once again time to take precautions ...

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) visited Long Island, announcing $160 million in federal funding to support tick research, surveillance and education in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

I first noticed the tick population was increasing in about 2000, 2001, when part of my job was to lead children out into the wilds of Long Island.

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y (PIX11) – Trying to fight the high number of ticks on Long Island, 100 northern bobwhite quail were released into the wild at Hempstead Harbor Trail in Port Washington on ...