In heavily wooded Potomac where tick-carrying deer flourish, some residents know the effects of Lyme disease all too well.

A Northeastern IPM Center project is researching new approaches to managing ticks while reducing pesticide use.

She’s working to get her high school diploma and telling people about the six-year health odyssey that began with a red welt the diameter of a grapefruit on her back.

Minnesota has become a hotbed for Lyme disease, a difficult-to-diagnose bacterial illness transmitted by black-legged ticks.