State Warning About Ticks, Even in Cold Weather

Syracuse (WSYR-TV)
The State Health Department is putting some of your tax dollars into a new campaign warning people about ticks and Lyme disease.

But the initiative comes a little late this year, with tick season soon to be ended by cold temperatures.

The state is spending $130,000 in the next month to put up billboards and place newspaper ads warning people about ticks and Lyme disease. But oddly enough this campaign comes at the very tail end of tick season. (more…)