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Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan stood up from where he was sitting and abruptly fainted. Duncan is an outdoorsman in his mid-80s — ...

Despite his attentiveness, when he got home, Lee found a small black tick stuck on his thigh. The tick had been there only a few hours, so he wasn't concerned. And there was no rash, which might ...

Deep in their bellies, ticks carry diseases like Lyme Disease, ehrlichiosis, and Rocky Spotted Mountain Fever.

JAMESTOWN – Tom Mather doesn’t need much to catch ticks. Mather, an entomologist at the University of Rhode Island, pulls up to a house surrounded by thick woods – an ideal place to find the ...

OROVILLE — Slowly, Amanda Bradford walked the trails of Oroville’s Loafer Creek Recreation Area on Wednesday afternoon as she carefully guided a white flag along the grass and foxtails beside her ...

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 friends ...