Though not all ticks carry Lyme disease, it is the most common tick-borne infection in New York City and in the United States ...

Ways to avoid ticks include spraying repellent on clothes and exposed skin, wearing long sleeves and pants, and tucking your pants into your socks, so ticks can't crawl up pant legs.

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

Long Island native Michael Carroll dug into ... Borrelia burgdorferi, from Shelter Island ticks in 1981. In 1990, researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine examined museum ...

This new evidence raises concerns about the spread of AGS, particularly in regions like Long Island, where ticks are a growing problem. What is alpha-gal syndrome? STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST ...