Did you know that when you find a tick on your dog or on yourself you can send that tick to a lab and have it tested for Lyme Disease? Best of all it's absolutely free.
Spring is here and the warmer weather is coming. That means there will be more and more ticks looking for a place to call home on you and your pets. Here are some reminders on how to protect yourself.
Ticks are abundant this year. If you are worried about ticks day in and day out, you have every reason too. Hopefully, this article makes you feel better rather than worse.
With warmer weather comes bugs, creatures, and critters of all kinds. Of course, that includes ticks. As reported by News Channel 13, the Department of Health is urging Capital Region residents to be on the lookout for ticks. Last year seemed to me to be one of the worst tick seasons I can remember...
Ticks are more than just overly active this year it seems. Last week, Rensselaer County had high reports of tick borne illnesses and now someone has passed away in Saratoga.
I can never recall a year in my life where ticks where more prevalent in the spring and summer seasons. Rensselaer County is subject to a lot of illnesses.
Last week, we had the pleasure of speaking to a professor of Microbiology at SUNY Adirondack, Holly Ahern.
Though our conversation was extremely informative, it was almost frightening at the same time. Ahern believes that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is vastly under-reporting cases of Lyme Disease throughout the country...
A new report indicates that there is likely a larger population of deer ticks this season, meaning there are more tiny carriers of Lyme disease to look out for.