PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

While most use winter as a chance for hibernation, around eight dozen people swarmed to the Brown County Music Center for the “Understanding Tick-borne Illness” conference Feb. 19 hosted by the Brown ...

It is transmitted through the bite of black-legged deer ticks and can severely impact the ... According to the CDC, most cases occur in New York, New England, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New Jersey.

For more information on any of these, see the Centers for Disease Control Web site (www.cdc.gov). Giardia ... This bacterium is carried in the gut of the deer tick Ixodes dammini. The tick becomes ...

Tick-borne diseases naturally circulate between blacklegged ticks and wild animals. Animals such as rodents, small mammals and white-tailed deer are the reservoirs (the source) of the tick-borne ...

According to the CDC, the annual number of new cases of Lyme disease in ... Known for its nasty bite, the black-legged (deer) tick gets its name from the color of its legs. Blacklegged ticks get their ...

including this fall when deer ticks are active. Please take a moment to review this timely information from the U.S. CDC about disruptions in certain products from the Baxter International Facility in ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

Dear EarthTalk: "Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on ...

Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there eco-friendly ways to control ticks?” — ...

A farmed white-tail deer from Osceola County was found with CWD.. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural ...