07.30.2019 Health Suffolk County releases findings of tick pathogen surveillance program Suffolk County officials have released the findings of a multi-year study of ticks — and the pathogens they carry — that shows how prevalent tick-borne illnesses have become, especially...
07.22.2019 Government Suffolk will begin countywide talks on ticks A Tick Bite Prevention Education Campaign has been outlined by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, aimed at helping school-age children in summer camps and other outdoor programs about preventive...
05.02.2019 Health Examining an epidemic: The effects of tick-borne illness and methods of prevention Closer Look is brought to you by: With the spread of tick-borne illnesses reaching epidemic proportions on Long Island, more than 60 residents attended a forum last Wednesday to...
04.22.2019 Health Tickets still available for important panel discussion on ticks and tick-borne disease Tick-borne infections have reached epidemic proportions on Long Island — and the North Fork is often thought of as ground zero for such illnesses. But many of the methods...
04.10.2019 Health Times Review Talks: Have you been affected by Lyme Disease? Tick-borne infections have reached epidemic proportions on Long Island — and the North Fork is often thought of as ground zero for such illnesses.
08.27.2018 Government Town of Riverhead to implement tick prevention training The Riverhead Town Board is planning to implement a new tick prevention program among its employees this fall. Discussed at a work session last week, the pilot program would...
07.28.2018 Editorials Editorial: A new threat in the ongoing tick battle The clock is ticking. As if the deer tick problem weren’t bad enough, two state departments — health and Agriculture & Markets — are now urging New Yorkers to...
06.28.2018 Outdoors Tick specialists from Cornell Cooperative Extension share tips for ticks While most of us go outside and take precautions to avoid ticks, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County employee Tamson Yeh does the opposite.
