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08.05.2026 Health

Riverhead woman becomes latest local ‘rabbit fever’ case after cat bite

A Riverhead woman has contracted the rare disease tularemia, commonly known as “rabbit fever,” after being bitten by her pet cat, the Riverhead News-Review has learned — adding another...

08.04.2026 Health

Riverhead boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’

A 9-year-old Riverhead boy is among three probable Suffolk County cases of a rare tick-borne illness known as “rabbit fever” — amid a surge in bites experts say may...

05.04.2026 Health

Cold winter linked to spike in area tick bites

A cold, snowy winter may be driving a spike in tick bites across the Northeast, experts say, as the same conditions that buried Long Island in snow helped more...

06.04.2023 Opinion

Editorial: This summer, experts predict a bad tick season

Ticks and tick-borne diseases have been a widely discussed health problem across the East End for decades. Lyme disease, carried by the common deer tick — which is transported...

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Riverhead woman becomes latest local ‘rabbit fever’ case after cat bite

Riverhead boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’

Cold winter linked to spike in area tick bites

Editorial: This summer, experts predict a bad tick season