FOOTBALL TO HUNTING AND HIKING. BUT THERE’S A RENEWED WARNING TO BE TICK AWARE AS MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A TICK BORNE ILLNESS CALLED ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME. ALPHA-GAL IS A ...

Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...