Martha Vineyard Tick Program News Today

A new coyote group is forming to track local coyote activity and behavior on Martha’s Vineyard and to inform residents and visitors about the presence of the animals, as people hike and enter potential coyote habitats this summer. The organization is so far unnamed, but according to Tisbury Animal Control Officer and a founding member, […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Tick Program is calling the alpha-gal syndrome their “biggest concern” for the second year in a row. They say the population of lone star ticks is outpacing other species in certain areas of the Island. Transmitted by the lone star tick, the incurable illness gives subjects an allergy to red meat, gelatin, […]

Researchers from Yale University have developed a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine against “Borrelia burgdorferi,” commonly known as Lyme disease, according to Yale Daily News. The vaccine has been tested on guinea pigs but has not undergone clinical trials yet, so its effectiveness on humans remains uncertain.  The paper was originally published in the medical […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times Ticks are already out and everywhere To the Editor: As the weather warms and we start spending more time outdoors, I want to remind everyone that they need to protect themselves against ticks. As most people know, adult deer ticks are active all winter on warm days when the temperature rises above 40° or 45°F. For example, on March 31, I found almost 50 adult deer ticks at two sites on Chappaquiddick, which didn’t surprise me since it was a sunny day w...