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.
08.27.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Ending the scourge of Lyme disease Want some good news? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last month a plan to expedite the approval process for a vaccine to ward off Lyme disease.
05.26.2017 Health North Fork residents share their stories of tick-borne illness At age 3, Chyanne Doroski would complain that her legs hurt. “Growing pains,” her family thought. On other days, it was a headache that brought the Greenport girl down.
09.20.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Time to legislate against Lyme disease There’s a renewed push in the U.S. Congress for legislation to strengthen the federal government’s activities on Lyme disease, endemic on the North Fork, Shelter Island and all over...
07.13.2015 Health Health: A look inside Tick-Related Disease Center in Manorville A new facility at PBMC Health’s Manorville campus is working to provide comprehensive care and educational materials to locals who have been bitten by deer ticks or already have...