Ohio Department of Health Wants to Remind Residents That May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the Ohio Department of Health says this awareness provides an opportunity to reflect on how Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases may be affecting your community. Lyme disease is spread by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. The blacklegged tick was first established in Ohio in 2010. Since then, this tick's range has expanded in Ohio, and Lyme disease has dramatically increased and caused significant disease among Ohioans. The best way to prevent Lyme […]
