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Health department officials used a Microsoft data visualization tool to present the critical information in an understandable format.

Pennsylvania is ranked the highest in the country in the number of Lyme Disease cases reported per year.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health invites students in grades 1-6 to submit a poster or video considering the prompt “How to Prevent a Tick Bite” in an effort to curb infection numbers.

What do you do after a tick bite? Now is the time of year when tick bites are common. “We’ve been seeing an increase in (emergency room) visits,” Lind said. She said you don’t have to seek medical attention for all tick bites, just when your skin appears to be infected, red or swollen. Where are ticks found? Nicole Chinnici, the director of the Dr. Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute at East Stroudsburg University, said ticks like moist, cool conditions and that’s when they are prevalent on taller grasses. “Ticks are more active in the morning,” she said about the cooler, ...

Gardeners, anglers and hikers all have at least one thing in common this time of year —  concerns about ticks. These little arachnids can be a significant problem for people venturing outdoors. Ticks can be more than just a nuisance since they also can spread disease.  This fact may be the most widely known in Pennsylvania, which has had the most cases of Lyme disease from ticks in the country every year since 2011. Leah Lind, the Lyme and Tick Borne Disease coordinator within the Pennsylvania Bureau of Epidemiology at the Department of Health, feels the numbers for infections during las...