04.24.2016 Columns Guest Spot: Myths on ticks that must be debunked Robert Fox’s letter (“Blame the rodents,” April 14) concerning the report of Southold’s tick working group is very useful. It reveals major reasons why it has been so difficult...
09.22.2015 Government Southold’s new working group discusses ways to combat deer ticks Members of Southold Town’s newly-formed tick committee have one big thing in common: They’ve each been diagnosed with tick-borne illnesses. And they don’t want others to suffer they way they...
06.20.2015 Government Southold forming committee to combat deer ticks Find an area with a deer problem, and you’ll probably also find a tick problem. That holds especially true for the North Fork. But how can Southold Town deal with tick-borne illnesses when managing...
04.26.2015 Columns Guest Spot: Tick-borne diseases — menace in our midst As a young scientist, I trained as a post-doctoral fellow with the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Long before Babesia became part of our local...