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04.20.2015 Health & Environment

Rare, dangerous tick-borne illness cropping up more in Northeast

A rare and potentially fatal tick-borne illness is becoming increasingly prevalent throughout the Northeast, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Cases of the Neuroinvasive Powassan Virus, or POW,...

10.01.2014 Health & Environment

Tick committee suggests 4 new positions to monitor population

Suffolk County’s newly formed tick advisory committee wants the county to hire new full-time employees to comprehensively combat tick-borne illnesses.

09.30.2014 Health & Environment

Tick committee gets another life with year-long extension

It seems as though the county’s tick committee will get more time to sink their teeth into the tick problem. After learning at its first meeting in July that it...

07.29.2014 Health & Environment

Suffolk’s tick control committee meets for the first time Wednesday

Suffolk’s planning efforts to reduce tick-borne diseases across the county officially starts Wednesday. That’s when the newly formed tick advisory committee meets for the first time. The 12-member group,...

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Rare, dangerous tick-borne illness cropping up more in Northeast

Tick committee suggests 4 new positions to monitor population

Tick committee gets another life with year-long extension

Suffolk’s tick control committee meets for the first time Wednesday