Tick-borne illness

As Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have continued to spread. Learn about them and how to protect yourself at a forum in Peconic on Sept. 5.

Even today, some doctors know little about it, and have to be coaxed into testing for it.

The influence of the health insurance lobby over public health policymakers results in a treatment protocol that puts profits over patients.

One East End allergy specialist says she now has more than 350 cases — with new ones being diagnosed every week— of patients with a serious and potentially deadly meat allergy brought on by the bite of the lone star tick.