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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, ...

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The tick may have bitten the woman's eardrum, with enzymes in its saliva causing severe pain, hearing loss and tinnitus.

Proper environmental hygiene includes cleaning up poop immediately, treating their home for fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes, and ...

Phase 3 then assessed efficacy and safety in a larger group of school-aged children (5 to 18 years old) with Trichuris ...