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Virginia's job market is sending mixed signals, with the state's unemployment rate rising in May even as employers added jobs ...
If you’re already ticked off about the hot weather, wait until you hear about this — the tick-borne-illness, babesiosis, has ...
Experts are warning medical professionals and those who venture outdoors to be aware of a tick-borne illness that is moving ...
Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.
With the weather warming up, many Virginia residents and visitors may be enjoying the outdoors at increasing rates. Here’s all you need to know about ticks within the state in 2024.
Virginia has not been immune to the spread of the longhorned tick. The tick has been spreading rapidly into the state's cattle regions in particular, threatening Virginia's cattle industry. As of 2023 ...
Ticks are everywhere, and they’re not going to go away, according to a Virginia Tech entomologist. Warmer summers mean that there is a longer growing season and longer time for animals, who are ...
It got Stromdahl wondering if babesiosis could be becoming more common in Virginia and neighboring states. She spent the following two years working with a team of 21 tick researchers from across ...
Va. (WSET) — Health officials with the Virginia Department of Health are putting together a tick survey. The goal is to help people identify which tick bit them, so you can know if you need to ...
Gaff, who leads ODU’s Tick Research Team, headed a group involved in the study that collected ticks at 18 sites in eastern Virginia. Out of more than 1,200 ticks they collected, eight were found ...