TickEncounter Resource Center

Ticks And Disease Prevention In The News

Read past and present press releases from URI's Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its affiliates

2009

• Ick....Ticks! Girl Scouts Learn How To Protect Themselves And Earn Tick Control Awareness Patch

• Direct Link Projo.com : "Through this URI entomologist, ticks talk"
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• Tick abundance in Rhode Island running 54% above last year

• WJAR Channel 10: Pre-treated clothes can repel ticks

• Think T.I.C.K.Take ACTION Awards, to be presented at the "Big Tick Gala" June 5th, 2009 at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

2008

• Deer tick abundance in Rhode Island down in 2008, so why are ticks active now?

• Larger, adult stage deer ticks are back with a vengeance

• Five Tick Diseases You Should Know About

• URI entomologist predicts early tick season, high infection rate

2007

• Apple Pickers Foundation donates $100,000 to URI to support public education about Lyme disease prevention

• Clothing-Only Tick Repellent Put To Test

• URI entomologist to test tick repellent by making volunteers squirm, Sept. 6 & 7

• A dramatic surge seen in the island's deer tick population, August 2, 2007

• URI researcher: Tick abundance running below average in Rhode Island, but Lyme disease risk still high, June 21, 2007

• He Wants Ticks To Be Taken More Seriously, June 4, 2007

• Tick Control Awareness Day, June 2

2006

• Time To Take Action Against Ticks

• 2006 tick season in Rhode Island was second highest on record

• URI researchers: Another tick-borne disease is on the rise in Rhode Island -- Babesiosis7.24.2006

• Warm winter, wet spring leads to abundance of ticks URI researcher says early-season deer tick numbers above last year's record 6.29.2006

• Drizzle, downpours fail to dampen Rhode Island's Tick Control Awareness Day 6.06.2006

• Tick Avoidance Tips 5.18.2006

• URI to host neighborhood tick control demonstration May 14 5.14.2006

• URI tick expert to host numerous statewide events 5.1.2006

2005

• URI research team launches community-wide tick control effort in Narragansett 11.3.2005

• Got Lyme disease? You're not alone 8.28.2005

• URI research team launches community-wide tick control effort in Narragansett 6.29.2005