Good NewsJohn Benson/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Ticks and the diseases they carry are spreading. Can this drug stamp them out? A small study showed that feeding deer a type of ivermectin reduced the number of ticks drinking their blood. (Yes, it’s that ivermectin. No, you shouldn’t eat it.)
Impacts abcnews.go.com Tick, tick, tick: Alaska braces for invading parasites Alaska health and wildlife officials are taking steps to track undesirable parasites showing up in the state.
