Misinformation about ticks and mosquitoes is on the rise. A new app may help.
Published June 22, 2026 02:20 pm When someone got bitten by a tick at her cousin’s wedding in Arkansas, public health researcher Ellie Fawcett knew there was a problem. Not only the tick, which Fawcett easily identified as the American dog tick, a species known to carry diseases such as tularemia (aka rabbit fever) and