“BE TICK FREE” THIS SPRING TO PREVENT TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES

“BE TICK FREE” THIS SPRING TO PREVENT TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES

NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert remind residents that as you welcome the warmer weather and spend more time outside, be sure to protect yourself from tick bites. May is Lyme Awareness Month and that this is the time when ticks start making their […]

Vanderhoef calls for State Funding to Study Newly Discovered “Longhorned Tick”

Vanderhoef calls for State Funding to Study Newly Discovered “Longhorned Tick”

State Senate Candidate Scott Vanderhoef called on the New York State Department of Health to increase and prioritize research of the Longhorned tick, which was recently discovered in multiple locations within Westchester and Rockland Counties. Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are a threat to our families and pets, however, it took the medical community […]