https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-insect-transmitted-illnesses-are-emerging-threats-in-canada-and-beyond-1.6959492 Even the ticks get crankier when they’re hot. “A growing body of research underpins theories that #ClimateChange is a key factor in the rise of many insect-transmitted conditions.
Scientists suspect higher temperatures are stretching out the season for certain #ticks, ..One 2021 lab-based study even showed a lineage of ticks that live in temperate climates are also twice as likely to bite humans instead of dogs as the temperature rises.”

#Russia, A resident of the #Krasnoyarsk Territory became infected with #tularemia without washing the knife after crushing #ticks
Читайте на WWW.KP.RU: https://www.kp.ru/online/news/5442112/ #news #EIDs #infection

Just a quick reminder that mushroom season = tick season.

Make sure to do a thorough full-body check when coming back from the forest. We found three today despite repellent, long clothes, etc.

#mushrooms #ticks #mushtodon #foraging

@krans
Yep, we'd neglected that initially, especially with the warm weather 10 days ago.
And then mountain biking in showery weather is so much better in shorts...

Fortunately we'd brought our #tick sticks over from France. For the smallest #ticks it was not good, we had to wait a few hours to remove them... once swollen... :(

We bought others sticks here, but they weren't as good actually, the slit was too straight to allow to grab the tick efficiently.

We're leaving #Scotland today after a short stop in #fringe-ing #Edinburgh!
We've loved it, apart from 3 pests:
- #midges. A known one, but see photo below....
- #ticks. We learned that they are super common, carrying pathogens less often than on the continent, but still it's annoying to have to scan for and remove a dozen of tiny ones after some short walk even on a path.
- #cars on main roads when #cycling.

#walk & #cycle #Scottish #highlands
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Ticks are becoming a growing health risk in the UK – here’s why

#ClimateChange undoubtedly has had a huge impact on tick infestations

This has been particularly noticeable in colder regions, such as in parts of Canada where ticks had not previously been recorded. In the UK recent milder winters mean ticks are being sighted earlier in the year than normal

https://theconversation.com/ticks-are-becoming-a-growing-health-risk-in-the-uk-heres-why-211764

#ticks #outdoors #hiking #walkers #nature #GlobalWarming #UK #illness #Lyme #LymeDisease #bugs #insects #woodlands

Climate change is pushing ticks carrying the deadly CCHF virus to move through Europe. The mortality rate is ~30% within 2 weeks. There is no widely-available vaccine.

I remember seeing billboards my first summer in Sverige saying to get vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), another virus I had never heard about in the US.

#CCHF #ticks #climateChange #publicHealth

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/07/climate-change-is-helping-this-new-deadly-virus-to-spread-across-europe

"...woman in her 80s was bitten on the leg by a tick while doing farm work on Aug. 1"
"Her condition worsened and she was hospitalized in Kurume, but passed away on Aug. 13."
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230818/p2a/00m/0na/013000c
#ixodid #ticks #SFTS #Fukuoka #Japan

New on Entomology Today: Effective and affordable tick management at the community level has long been sought after, but a new study shows the necessary costs remain steep. An analysis of integrated tick management models in a sample 1,000-acre, 320-home community find even a two-part program could cost about $400 per household, with more robust programs raising the price even more. #entomology #ticks #IPM https://entomologytoday.org/2023/08/17/community-wide-integrated-tick-management-costs-study/

Surveys of wild pigs in #Florida show that they are commonly infested with #ticks which host human #pathogens. Tick species, landscape pattern, tick-borne diseases involved and the public health implications analysed/discussed by Sarah E. Mays Maestas and others. Article in the journal Insects (2023, vol. 14, issue 7, art. 612) - https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14070612

https://holisticpetcare.science/natural-flea-and-tick-repellent/ As the weather gets warmer, insects begin to get restless, keep them off your pets and out of your home! Fleas and Ticks are not only nuisances to you and your pets but can cause serious illness like Lyme Disease. Use the best holistic pet care for natural flea and tick repellent as well as the best natural treatment for flea and tick bites and infections to prevent larvae from growing under your dogs or cats skin and fur. Safe to spray on your pets, bedding, fur, skin as well as areas where they sit or lay. Helps prevent fleas and ticks from taking over your home. #fleas #ticks #lyme #holistic #pets

Bombshell! COVID Vaccines Contain Cow Protein That Triggers Deadly Meat Allergies

While #MSM is hyping stories about #ticks causing #meat #allergies, a closer look at the alpha-gal #protein shows that its is in many childhood #vaccines and the #COVID shots. It's not a coincidence they are hyping #beef being bad for the #environment right as the shots they mandated are causing massive beef allergies. This is the weaponization of our #food supply. #CowProtein, #MeatAllergies     https://madmaxworld.tv/watch?id=64d132eb71072a3548f76643

#GlobalWarming is affecting human #health in many ways. And now this: #Mosquitoes, #ticks and other #disease-carrying vectors absolutely love warmer temps.

#Malaria in the US? Yep.

These pesky #insects are expanding their range and becoming more active—they bite more. But all is not predetermined, history suggests. This writer/doctor explains what government needs to do, and how you can protect yourself.

https://medium.com/wise-well/uh-oh-mosquitoes-and-other-disease-carriers-thrive-in-soaring-temperature-cd31747ed4e1

New on Entomology Today: In decades of surveillance, adult blacklegged ticks have only been found in fall months in Mississippi. But in 2022, 13 adult blacklegged ticks were collected between June and September in locations across the state, the time of year when previously only larvae or nymphs were found. Scientists sharing the findings admit: They're quite puzzled. #entomology #ticks #mississippi https://entomologytoday.org/2023/08/02/mississippi-blacklegged-ticks-seasonal-shift-strange/

Richard S. Ostfeld: I’m a tick biologist whose body seems to kill off ticks

#ticks #biology #vaccines

https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/31/acquired-tick-resistance-illness-vaccine-lyme/

"Climate change affects ticks at every stage of their life cycle — egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged nymph, and adult — by extending the length of time ticks actively feed on humans and animals. Even a fraction of a degree of global warming creates more opportunity for ticks to breed and spread disease." #entomology #ticks #ClimateChange https://apnews.com/article/tickstickborne-illnessesclimate-change-9887411f93f775635227966484b35f44

Will tick-bite allergy, AGS (alpha-gal syndrome), turn us all into vegetarians and help save the planet?

Unlikely. But the deadly disease has been on the rise in the U.S., causing anaphylactic shock in previously healthy people who consume mammal meat and milk after being bitten by the Lone Star Tick (found mostly in the South and Midwest). And most doctors are still ignorant of the disease.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tick-borne-disease/cdc-allergy-caused-tick-bites-rise-clinicians-dark

#allergies #ticks #anaphylaxis #vegetarian #PublicHealth

"Their saliva is an anti-inflammatory and an analgesic; it can disable the alarms that cells send to one another, preventing them from coordinating an attack. Spit can even reprogram immune cells so that they never complete their development or receive the cues they need to gather at the scene." #entomology #ticks https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/tick-bite-saliva-infection-spread/674804/

Fascinating! #ticks as nature's agents to reduce #meat consumption by humans:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome

With #climatechange increasing the range of ticks carrying Lyme disease in Canada this is doubly great news. #vaccine #lymedisease #Canada #Ticks #medicine
https://www.newsweek.com/lyme-disease-tick-vaccine-developed-1815809