Watch out for ticks to prevent getting Lyme disease

It's tick season again. Here's how to avoid the disease-carrying pests
Minnesota Public Radio News
The year's heavy snowfall actually helped tick populations by insulating their winter habitat, Jarnefeld said. So how to deal with the pests? Here are Jarnefeld's tips to prevent tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease: • When outdoors, wear light …

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How Can You Prevent Lyme And Other Tick-borne Diseases? – Forbes
Forbes
Think this is how you have to dress to be safe this summer? Not quite. Paul Furst. Plague doctor. More than 300,000 people in the U.S. get Lyme every year, and that is but one of the growing number of tick related diseases we're identifying. As outdoor …
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Protecting from Bug Borne Diseases
CNYcentral.com
Antibiotics are the usual precaution, Wallace says if you have a bullseye shaped rash around where the tick was, it's a definite for Lyme. It's also important to keep up preventive treatment for dogs, year-round. A vaccine is available, as are collars …

Exotic Tick Species Arrives In Garden State
CBS New York
It's an exotic tick that's never been seen before in the United States. It was first spotted on a sheep in Hunterdon County, and efforts to wipe it out have failed. New Jersey has always been home to different species of ticks – five to be exact. But a …

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