Ticks and Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know

Not an outdoor activity, but something anyone who enjoys the outdoors should attend! Otsego County Conservation Association and Mohican Farm start off their 2019 Be Informed Lecture Series by repeating this popular talk from last year.

Lyme disease is a serious public health threat spread by the bite of the black-legged (deer) tick, (Ixodes scapularis). Dr. Carmen Greenwood, Associate Professor at SUNY Cobleskill, will discuss the biology and ecology of ticks. Following this, Otsego County Communicable Disease Coordinator, Theresa Oellrich, RN, will discuss the specifics of Lyme disease, including its health impacts, treatment and prevention, and what to do if bitten by a tick. This program will take place in the Embury room at the First United Methodist Church of Oneonta, 66 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. Park on Church Street or at the NBT bank lot on Wall Street. Visit OCCA for details or to sign up. Free.