An interactive presentation by NEWVEC Executive Director Stephen Rich at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

Presentation by Dr. Steve Rich, Professor of Microbiology at UMass Amherst and executive director of NEWVEC, on tick-borne diseases and how to prevent them. Lyme Disease is the most prevalent infectious disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, blacklegged ticks can carry the pathogens that cause babesiosis, anaplasmosis, relapsing fever and Powassan virus, all of which can be very serious and are on the increase. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! So come learn how you can protect yourself, your family, and your pets during tick season.