School Nurse to Spot Tick and Mosquito Borne Illness

Remember when you were at school and you had to visit the school nurse for a band aid or sit in a quiet room if you were feeling a little sick? Since then, the responsibility of the school nurse has […]

Protect Yourself Against Ticks. It’s Common Sense.

There’s a lot of information available when it comes to ticks, but how do we know what is fact and what is fiction? Here’s an article with just a few a few of the common truths when it comes to […]

Exotic Tick Found In New Jersey

Wildlife Officials in New Jersey have become concerned about a rare tick, spotted in Hunterdon County. The tick, known as the longhorned tick or bush tick is commonly associated with becoming a pest to deer and therefore resulting in concerns over […]

Tick Borne Disease on the Rise in the Fall

As the temperature starts to drop, many of us assume that the population of ticks will also start to decline. That we are less likely to be at risk from these disease spreading pests because the colder weather means there’s […]

If In Doubt, Get Your Tick Bite Checked Out!

There are a few tick borne illnesses that we should all be mindful of, the most common being Lyme disease. However, another rare bacteria that we should be educating ourselves on is anaplasma phagocytophilum. This nasty germ can be spread by […]

Take a Trip to the Tick Museum

There’s a museum at the Georgia Southern University that specializes in bloodsuckers! It’s not a museum that exhibits the history of vampires, it’s a place where a collection of the bloodsucking nightmares known to you and I as ‘ticks’ has been […]

There’s Still So Much To Learn About Lyme

While we may know the basics with it comes to Lyme disease, there are lots of new findings that are coming to light even to those who are working closely and researching the tick borne virus. The following article shares […]

Test Ticks For Lyme Disease

When it comes to Lyme disease, it’s important that detecting whether you have been infected is discovered as soon as possible. That’s why if you discover a tick on your body, it’s worth having one of these tests available to […]

You Don’t Need to be Bitten by a Tick to be Infected

Investigation into the death of a Japanese woman whose cause of death was from a tick borne virus, has revealed that she wasn’t actually ever bitten by a tick! It was actually through the bite of a stray cat. Here’s […]

Meat Lovers Beware! Ticks Can Cause Red Meat Allergy

If you’ve been venturing out into areas well known for their tick habitat, then you might want to read on a little further. The Lone Star tick is just one of many species of tiny arachnids that feed on our […]