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Let your lawn grow: it's good for bees, won't attract ticks, study finds
(HealthDay)—You now have an excuse to skip cutting the grass every weekend—it's beneficial for the bees.
Apr 6, 2019
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New Yorkers brace for self-cloning Asian longhorned tick
Staten Island residents have another reason to apply insect repellent and obsessively check for ticks this spring and summer: the population of a new, potentially dangerous invasive pest known as the Asian longhorned tick ...
Mar 28, 2019
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How to avoid Lyme disease while ticks are hungry in the fall
Fall has arrived. This is the season that transforms our forests with a beautiful display of colour and fills our kitchens with the smell of pumpkin pie and apple cider. It also brings something far less pleasant to our forests ...
Oct 23, 2018
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New bacteria discovered in Australian ticks
Murdoch University researchers have detected a new species of bacteria in echidna-biting Australian ticks.
Jun 17, 2016
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High levels of co-infection with pathogens and symbionts in ticks from the Ardennes
Ticks are small blood-feeding arachnids that can transmit diseases amongst animals and humans. Researchers from the French National Institute for Agricultural research, INRA studied pathogen species and bacterial symbionts ...
Mar 17, 2016
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A tick that feeds on birds may increase the range of Lyme disease
If you have lived in the northeastern United States any time in the last 25 years or so, you have almost certainly heard of Lyme disease. You may have scrutinized odd-looking insect bites, wondering if they are developing ...
Nov 23, 2015
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Researchers discover never-before-seen tick-borne disease
Tick-borne diseases are a major public health problem around the world. Ticks carry and transmit a variety of microbes that cause disease. These illnesses, which include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Tularemia, ...
Apr 22, 2015
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