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"It's skyrocketing across the island," explained Patrick Roden-Reynolds, a biologist and tick researcher on Martha's Vineyard ...
Summer is a time for romping through the woods, swimming, cookouts and other assorted outdoor activities. Staying safe during the warm weather months takes many forms, but something many forget is ...
The invasive longhorned tick species is posing new health risks as scientists warn that it could potentially lead to an ...
Studies have linked ticks on six continents to alpha-gal syndrome and its unusual symptoms. An entomologist explains what ...
A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...
A mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials said is under investigation for having a rare ...
There’s a new medical issue on Martha’s Vineyard, and it’s impacting the way people eat. WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex reports.
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy. The post ...
Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...
Powassan virus (POWV), a type of flavivirus closely related to the Zika and Dengue viruses, is an emerging tick-borne virus ...
Climate change may be helping longhorned ticks spread Ehrlichiosis across the U.S. more effectively. The infection ...