are the bane of those who frequent the outdoors. They can render the glory of an outing in the woods or along a stream into an ordeal of serious illness, even death. All from a pinprick and the ...

DEDHAM, Mass. — Opossums are nocturnal critters that may repel and disgust many, but they could be a important factor in keeping ticks and Lyme disease at bay. On the heels of a mild winter in ...

With fields and forest alive with hunters, reports of Lyme disease will probably be coming in at a greater rate. Not that the little buggers are more active at this time of the year. They don’t seem ...