The percentage of black-legged ticks in the area infected with at least two disease-causing microbes — the bacteria that cause Lyme disease and the parasite that causes babesiosis — may be much higher than previously thought.

Chilly days and colder nights are no sign that the threat of Lyme disease has gone into hibernation for the winter.

A preliminary progress report from the Tick Borne-Disease Action Committee may already be filed as of Wednesday.

An award-winning documentary film about a controversial disease will be screened Sunday at the midtown Loft Cinema.