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The life cycle of mosquitoes can go full cycle, from an egg to an adult, in as little as 10 days during warm months. So what can drive them away?
Hantavirus has been detected in 97 Californians since 1980. While early symptoms can be mistaken for influenza, the disease ...
Researchers have discovered ticks in Maine carrying a new strain of bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection in ...
The warmer weather of Ohio’s spring always increases the threat of diseases associated with vector insects including ticks. Diseases spread by ticks are an increasing concern in Ohio and are ...
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say they've discovered a new bacteria in rabbit ticks in Maine that's ...
A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...
Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies estimate that about 476,000 Americans may be diagnosed with Lyme ...
The discovery was made in a residential backyard in Maine where researchers were collecting rabbit ticks and testing them for ...
In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new ...
Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...