Health Fusion: An expert s advice on how to deal with ticks, emerging diseases
Ticks are expanding their realm and showing up in new places. In this episode of NewsMD s Health Fusion, Viv Williams talks to a leading tick researcher about pathogens discovered in her lab that could be issues for humans and how to handle the creatures when you have a close encounter. 7:00 pm, Jul. 16, 2021
Ticks love humid weather. If you re in an area that s been hot and dry, you might see fewer of them. But don t let your guard down. Ticks will emerge from their lairs when humidity rises and tick season lasts until the snow flies.
Ticks Suck Here s a Guide to Identifying Them and Avoiding Bites
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Ticks aren t known as beach-lovers, so ecologist Dan Salkeld and a colleague were surprised when they found 180 ticks in less than a mile on a coastal trail near Muir Beach in California one day in 2016. Contrary to most people, we were delighted at the high numbers of ticks! It was exciting in terms of sample sizes and data, says Salkeld, whose findings were published in June.
But it s also sobering. For years, people who track black-legged ticks â the kind that carry Lyme disease â have been finding them in further flung territory, though still in mostly traditional habitats of forested areas with tall grasses and leaf litter.