Ticks

Upstate Medical University is currently in the process of exploring funding options for its tick testing program after previous fundings for this program have run out.

City officials announced the start of the deer management program and discussed why the population reduction strategy is essential for public safety.

Keep your eye out for these harmful pests — plus we have a new city budget and maybe a state fund to support abortion access.

Thousands of New Yorkers contract Lyme disease each year.

Onondaga County health officials are monitoring the emergence of a typically rare tick-borne disease that can cause serious illness if left untreated. It’s called anaplasmosis, and it’s a bacterium spread by the same tick that carries Lyme disease

After months of research and public input, the city of Syracuse’s deer and tick advisory board is ready to make recommendations on how to curb the…

The Walsh Administration proposed spending $75,000 of the 2020 budget to combat the longstanding issue of the overpopulation of deer and ticks on the East…

Ever wonder what's the best way to remove a tick safely? Do you know which diseases you may incur if you are bitten by a tick? Wonder no longer, this week…

The recent occasional warm spells we’ve seen in Central New York not only get people outside to enjoy the weather, but also ticks. Nick Piedmonte has…