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Bill aims to control tick-borne diseases
DANIEL GILREIN COURTESY PHOTO | An adult deer tick, which are known to carry pathogens causing Lyme disease, babesiosis or anaplasmosis. In an effort to combat tick-borne illnesses, county Legislature...
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Sharpshooter program will soon go into effect
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Southold Supervisor Scott Russell addresses the crowd at Saturday’s deer management meeting in Orient. A sharpshooting program is in the works to cull the North Fork’s rising deer...
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Schneiderman proposes creating tick control advisory committee
Engorged ticks. (Courtesy photo from the University of Nebraska) Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman is sponsoring a bill to create a tick control advisory committee. The legislation is expected...
View ArticleHealth Column: Local tick problems continue to worsen
Last summer, a homeowner in the Nassau Point section of Cutchogue did everything he could to protect himself from contracting a tick-borne illness. He sprayed his lawn with repellent three times and...
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Tickets still available for important panel discussion on ticks and...
Tick-borne infections have reached epidemic proportions on Long Island — and the North Fork is often thought of as ground zero for such illnesses. But many of the methods for controlling ticks are...
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