Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer ...
Sen. Michael Bennet (D., Colo.) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify whether he had said previously that Lyme disease was a ...
Kennedy Jr. told senators Thursday that he “never believed” that Lyme disease was created as a biological weapon. But almost ...
Lyme Disease: Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral shaped bacterium called a spirochete. This bacterium is carried in the gut of the deer tick Ixodes dammini. The tick becomes infected ...
Lyme disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, typically transmitted to humans through ...
the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler, wetter conditions but more importantly — it is the tick that can carry Lyme disease. Bradford, an entomologist with ...
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 ...
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.” ...
Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are a food source for blacklegged ticks, they do not transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Blacklegged ticks typically ...
A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...