Need to Know – There’s a New Tick in Town!

There’s a new tick in town! According to the Norwalk Hour, “a tick-borne disease previously seen in the southeastern part of the country had a human case in Connecticut, marking the first report of this disease in the Northeast, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The disease — Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis — is transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick, which previously was restricted to the southeastern part of the country but has expanded northward in recent decades.”

Read more in the full article at the link here.