Constantin Takacs, an assistant professor of biology at Northeastern who specializes in studying the local ticks that spread Lyme disease, tells Northeastern Global News that ticks start looking for blood (i.e. yours) when the temperature approaches 40, so that's bad news in general as our winters get less cold, but also something to keep in mind if you go traipsing through the woods or meadows on warmer winter days. Read more.
CommonHealth introduces us to a Spaulding Hospital clinic for people who problems caused by tick bites - and the bitter war between doctors who believe chronic Lyme Disease is a thing and doctors who think that's nuts.
A roving UHub correspondent reports that after a nice walk in Allandale Woods on the West Roxbury/Jamaica Plain line today, he discovered he'd brought home what appear to be a couple of deer ticks.
So time to be careful again in your traipsing around area woods.
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