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Data from the Maine CDC show that the rate of tickborne diseases was especially high among Mainers in the midcoast. Ticks thrive in wet, forested habitats with some humidity, like areas along the Maine coast.
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Cases of several tick-borne diseases surged again in Maine last year, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Scientists say that insulating leaf litter and snow pack helped ticks to survive.
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The Maine Center for Disease Control says a Waldo County resident has died of Powassan virus after being bitten by an infected deer or woodchuck tick.
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Deer ticks are found in wooded, leafy, shrubby areas, including yards, and can transmit several diseases.
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The state Center for Disease Control is urging the public to take precautions to prevent exposure to tick-related diseases. That’s because October and…
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This week Maine Public is focusing coverage on climate change, and threats it poses to Maine and to the planet. Among those threats is an increasing…
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A serious tick-borne disease — other than Lyme — has established itself in southern Maine. Researchers from the Maine Medical Research Institute in…
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By Michael Casey, The Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. — The drought conditions that have gripped much of the Northeastern U.S. this summer appear to have a…
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PORTLAND, Maine - October is the peak season for adult deer ticks in Maine, and Lyme disease researchers at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute…