04/22/2026
This is a good read about ticks. It is focused on tick disease and transmission in humans, but much can be related to our pet companions that are often exposed to the same risks that we encounter. The the concern with tick diseases grows annually. Don't forget to use tick prevention for your pets year-round, as the risk has now become one without a "winter break."
A few weeks ago I was reading through case reports from colleagues in the Northeast. Family docs, internists, infectious disease specialists. The pattern was impossible to ignore. They’re seeing tick-borne illness earlier in the year, in places they’ve never seen it, in patients who had no idea ...
