Tick Season Is Becoming a Year-Round Threat in Iowa - Radio Iowa

Tick season is becoming a year-round threat in Iowa - Radio Iowa

Labor Day marks what many Iowans consider the end of summer, but it’s not the end of our problems associated with ticks. The region has seen a rise in cases of Lyme disease and other ailments ticks carry, which one expert blames on warmer winters which allow millions of the tiny insects to survive and […]

Tick season is becoming a year-round threat in Iowa

Labor Day marks what many Iowans consider the end of summer, but it’s not the end of our problems associated with ticks. The region has seen a rise in cases of Lyme disease and other ailments ticks carry, which one expert blames on warmer winters which allow millions of the tiny insects to survive and thrive. “Tick season essentially now is moving year-round,” according to Megan Meller, an infection preventionist at Emplify Health by Gundersen. …

Tick season is becoming a year-round threat in Iowa « KJAN | Radio Atlantic, IA – AM 1220

(Radio Iowa) – Labor Day marks what many Iowans consider the end of summer, but it’s not the end of our problems associated with ticks. The region has seen a rise in cases of Lyme disease and other ailments ticks carry, which one expert blames on warmer winters which allow millions of the tiny insects to survive and thrive. “Tick season essentially now is moving year-round,” according to Megan Meller, an infection preventionist at Emplify Health…