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Lyme Disease

Tips to prevent tick bites and symptoms to know

  • Aug 8, 2025
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Justin Timberlake puts spotlight on Lyme disease | What to know

  • Aug 1, 2025
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Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis

  • Aug 1, 2025

Tick-related ER visits spike across Northeast

  • Jul 7, 2025

Return of warm weather brings tick season, NY officials issue warning

  • May 17, 2022

NJ officials taking action to fight uptick in ticks and Lyme disease

  • Jun 10, 2021

Justin Bieber says he has Lyme disease in IG post

  • Jan 9, 2020

Invasive longhorned tick makes its way to Staten Island

  • Aug 8, 2018

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NJ officials taking action to fight uptick in ticks and Lyme disease

  • Jun 10, 2021
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Invasive longhorned tick makes its way to Staten Island

  • Aug 8, 2018
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Invasive longhorned tick found in Westchester County

  • Jul 18, 2018
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Invasive longhorned tick found in Westchester County

  • Jul 18, 2018
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New Jersey ramps up efforts after spike in Lyme disease cases

  • May 21, 2018
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NJ ramps up efforts after Lyme disease spike

  • May 21, 2018

Latest Stories

Consumer Reports: Protecting your pets from tick bites

There are several tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, that can be serious for humans and pets. Consumer Reports has some simple wants you can protect your pet.

  • Aug 3, 2018
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Invasive longhorned tick found in Westchester County

The New York State Departments of Health and Agriculture and Markets confirmed the presence of the tick, whose scientific name is Haemaphysalis longicornis tick, in the county.

  • Jul 18, 2018

New Jersey ramps up efforts after spike in Lyme disease cases

There are growing concerns about Lyme disease in New Jersey after the Garden State saw the highest number of reported cases in nearly two decades last year, and now, officials want to get the word out ways you can protect yourself and your family.

  • May 21, 2018
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Suffolk County to hold public forums to educate public on tick-borne illness prevention

Health officials will remind residents of the diseases associated with a tick bite including: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, and related illnesses called anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis.

  • Aug 17, 2017
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Rare, potentially-deadly tick-borne disease Powassan found in New York, New Jersey

New York and New Jersey are among the states with cases of Powassan virus, which is spread by the same tick that carries Lyme disease.

  • May 10, 2017