AP reports on UMaine tick data showing increase in Lyme disease
The Associated Press reported that, according to new data from the University of Maine Tick Lab, a higher percentage of ticks tested positive for the pathogen that causes Lyme disease last year than the previous year, growing by almost 6%. The Bangor Daily News, U.S. News & World Report, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com, New England Cable News (NECN), Spectrum News, the Clay Center Dispatch, WFVX Bangor (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), the Herald-Standard, WCSH, the Daily Bulldog and the Titusville Herald shared the report.