Ticks

Man suffers from tick-induced meat allergy
6/20/12 6:03 PM Comment
Patrick Cloud knew immediately the tick bite he had received wasn't typical. It was extra itchy, inflamed, huge and left him with a life-threatening allergy to meat.
Lone Star Tick causing meat allergies in central Virginia
6/19/12 3:50 PM Comment
What began as a medical mystery has now developed into a full-blown food allergy, as the effects of a series of mysterious tick bites are making doctors across Virginia scratch their heads.
Lyme disease season approaching
4/30/12 8:35 PM Comment
The health department launches its annual Fight the Bite campaign Tuesday, sharing the importance of protecting yourself from disease-carrying insects.
Warm weather brings more ticks
3/23/12 5:59 PM Comment
Because of the mild winter, we’re going to have more ticks. A hard freeze normally would have killed off more larvae.
Ticks popping up in Virginia
5/17/11 6:51 PM Comment
Authorities have found more than a hundred Gulf Coast ticks in the tall grasses of a Fair Oaks landfill.

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