Lyme Disease

They're panic-inducing, bloodsucking, and disgusting, and summer is their season. Ticks. If you've seen one lately, and happened to take a photo of it, you could be of assistance to Rutgers University.

If you spend a lot of time outdoors in wooded areas, you are at greater risk of Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness that can lead to serious complications. Now, a new vaccine for Lyme is in the works.

Thousands of probable and confirmed cases of Lyme disease, an illness transmitted by the deer tick, are recorded in New Jersey on a yearly basis.

With a rare exotic breed of tick that has been sweeping NJ, the cases of Lyme Disease in our state have reached the highest it's been since 2000

Those little nasty creepy crawlers that find their way on your dogs, cats, and even on you are back with a vengeance this year. How can you prevent finding one crawling up your leg this year? Just how bad will tick season be in 2017?