PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 3, 2024
The University of Maine will launch a pilot program this month to better understand tick populations on the heels of a record-setting year for Lyme disease. Tick activity is increasing and about to peak in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, researchers plan to study how local weather conditions and the presence of different wildlife species influence tick populations and health risks to humans. Maine logged a record 2,943 Lyme disease cases in 2023, breaking the record of 2,617 cases set the year before.