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
Summer means longer days, epic adventures, and more time outside. This also means mosquito season. I grew up in Alaska- Know Mosquito. But even if you live in the Lower 48, if it seems like mosquitoes are getting worse, you’re not imagining it. Some? Experts say temperatures will be higherDue to excessive rainfall and changing
Published on June 19, 2026 10:37 am If you’ve never been bitten by a mosquito through your clothes, I assume you’ve never been to Maine. My father, a native Mainer, would take us every summer to visit his extended family. Every day, usually soon after dinner, the food chain at our lakeside camp was reversed