08.04.2026 Health East End boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’ A 9-year-old Riverhead boy is among three probable Suffolk County cases of a rare tick-borne illness known as “rabbit fever” — amid a surge in bites experts say may...
06.04.2023 Opinion Editorial: This summer, experts predict a bad tick season Ticks and tick-borne diseases have been a widely discussed health problem across the East End for decades. Lyme disease, carried by the common deer tick — which is transported...