The weather is getting warmer and that pushes people to spend more time outside, so there needs to be an immediate commitment to protection against tick bites, which are quite dangerous thanks to the diseases they can pass along.

We humans, and our beloved pets, are excited to spend more time outdoors to mark the end of winter, but that means blood-sucking pests, like ticks, have more hosts to latch onto for feeding. In the Northeast, these pests can transmit harmful illnesses like Lyme disease, Powassan disease and others.