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Lyme Disease

New Lyme disease tick test to launch this month

  • Aug 10

New Lyme Disease vaccine shows 70 percent efficacy, doctors say

  • Mar 25

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

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

Latest Videos

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Suffolk County steps up prevention efforts as tick bites increase

  • Aug 18
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At-home tick test can help detect lyme disease

  • Aug 6
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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

Justin Bieber says he has Lyme disease, other health struggles in IG post

Justin Bieber addressed several long-term health struggles in an Instagram post Wednesday.

  • Jan 9, 2020

Invasive longhorned tick makes its way to Staten Island

An invasive tick species that has spread across the eastern United States has been found in New York City for the first time.

  • Aug 8, 2018

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