Ticks
FILE - In this March 24, 2017 photo, a tick is displayed in Plainville, Mass. A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they’re back with a vengeance this spring. Dog ticks, which do not carry Lyme disease, have been especially active since early spring in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in 2021. (Paul Connors/The Sun Chronicle via AP)
After an absence, New England's ticks are back — and hungry

May. 22, 2021 09:03 AM EDT

Tick populations on the rise in Connecticut

May. 02, 2021 05:11 PM EDT
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s tick population is increasing this season, due to a variety of factors that include shorter and warmer winters and longer...

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak. A state report released Tuesday, March 2, 2021, details the pandemic's toll on California workers and shines light on who was most affected by job losses and layoffs. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
US jobless claims tick up to 745,000 as layoffs remain high

By Paul Wiseman Mar. 04, 2021 08:37 AM EST

After downward tick in virus, Burgum says stay vigilant

Nov. 26, 2020 12:36 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum implored the state to remain vigilant in preventing infections on the Thanksgiving holiday as the state...

FILE - Bags of personal protective equipment for staff attending to patients in a COVID-19 treatment unit at UW Health in Madison, Wis. share a wall Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get needed pandemic relief to small businesses, the unemployed, renters and others affected by the widening coronavirus outbreak. In some cases, they are figuring out how to spend the last of a federal relief package passed in the spring as an end-of-year deadline approaches and the current COVID-19 surge threatens their economies once again. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
Wisconsin coronavirus infections tick downward

By Todd Richmond Nov. 25, 2020 03:55 PM EST

UMaine Extension to help Mainers avoid ticks this summer

Jun. 16, 2020 01:30 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is holding a free online event about avoiding Lyme disease during the coronavirus pandemic,...

Rhode Island warns of active tick season after mild winter

Apr. 26, 2020 03:53 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island health officials are reminding residents that even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, tick season is fast...