Ticks are a common risk for Pennsylvania outdoorsmen. Statistically, the Keystone State is one of the highest-risk states ...

According to a recent Terminix report, on a list of the “top tick-infested states,” Pennsylvania ranked fourth overall. The ...

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Pennsylvania reports the most cases of Lyme disease nationwide. the work of monitoring tick populations falls to a tight-knit cadre of academics, biologists and students who collect ticks from ...

Pennsylvania recorded 16,620 lab-confirmed cases of Lyme disease last year, keeping the state among the top 10 in the nation for cases per 100,000 residents.

If you discover a tick, you can have it tested for free through the Tick Research Lab of Pennsylvania at East Stroudsburg University found online at ticklab.org. Testing types of ticks.

Leah Lind, the Lyme and Tick Borne Disease coordinator within the Pennsylvania Bureau of Epidemiology at the Department of Health, feels the numbers for infections during last year might be lower ...

TRACKING TICKS The Biomedical Central scientific journal "Parasites & Vectors" published in late April a study that tracked tick trends in Pennsylvania over the past 117 years. The results showed ...

New report from Terminix reveals which U.S. states are tick infested and how to prevent exposure to tick borne illnesses.

Pennsylvania has been particularly hard-hit by Lyme disease in recent years, and now it’s hosting a first-of-its-kind tick mitigation study in an effort to turn that tide.