May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the beginning of tick season in Illinois. Over the last few decades, reported cases of Lyme disease have increased tenfold in the state.
Reset checks in with tick and vector-borne disease experts to learn more about where ticks are spreading and how you can stay safe while spending time in nature.
If you encounter a tick, the INHS provides a free identification service.
GUESTS: Kim Fake, wildlife research coordinator at Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute
Holly Tuten, vector ecologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey Medical Entomology Lab
