Pennsylvania health officials want to stay ahead of an emerging tick-related disease that can cause a life-threatening reaction to red meat. A bite from a lone star tick can cause so-called alpha-gal ...
Emergency room visits for tick bites have surged, which scientists say is "only the tip of an iceberg of tickborne illnesses.
The smaller the bug, the bigger the problem. Inside the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab at East Stroudsburg University, technicians hold up plastic sandwich bags to search for a tiny dark speck.
Emergency department visits for tick bites have reached the highest rate in nearly 10 years, and experts are already warning ...
In this file photo, a female deer tick is seen under a microscope. As spring unfolds, new research highlights an issue for southwestern Pennsylvania residents: Most people know ticks are in their ...
STARTING ON JULY 10TH. PENNSYLVANIA HAS 124 STATE PARKS, MORE THAN 2 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST LAND. NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME OF YEAR TO GO AND ENJOY IT. BUT STATE OFFICIALS WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ...
Russ Gleixner, a Pennsylvania snake hunter, finds hundreds of rattlesnakes each year and educates the public about their ...
(PITTSBURGH) As spring unfolds, new research highlights an issue for southwestern Pennsylvania residents: Most people know ticks are in their backyard, but few believe they’re actually at risk of ...
We are a disease ecologist and Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh, where we study the ecology of ticks, wildlife hosts and tick-borne pathogens in western Pennsylvania. Our research ...