There’s a Vaccine for Lyme Disease. So Why Can’t We Get It?
Saturday, July 10th, 2021
Professor Sam Telford spoke with New York Magazine about ticks and Lyme Disease.
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How Much Should I Worry About Ticks?
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
Professor Sam Telford spoke with Slate.com about all things ticks—from observations of tick populations in his fieldwork to preventing tick bites.
Can a Tufts Professor Finally Stop Lyme Disease?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Photo by Matt Kalinowski / Professor Sam Telford discusses his 30-plus-year career studying ticks and the pathogens they transmit, and his current projects, in a Boston Magazine profile.
Mother of 10-year-old battling tick-borne disease: ‘his brain is on fire’
Friday, May 7th, 2021
Professor Sam Telford comments on local numbers of Lyme disease cases in 2020 and tick-prevention in a Boston 25 story.
Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019
The Lyme Disease Challenge event November 1 seeks students and faculty from disparate fields to combat the disease Students, post-docs, and faculty from across Tufts University are invited to lend their expertise and fresh ideas… Read More
Lyme disease preventable by taking steps to avoid tick bites
Saturday, March 25th, 2017
Pest control experts who began seeing ticks in early February because of a warm winter and an abundance of acorns now say this will be one of the worst tick seasons in years – which may lead to an increase in Lyme disease.
Move over mosquitoes: Tick prevention grabs attention in fall and winter
Sunday, November 27th, 2016
Sam Telford comments on a recent dip in the deer tick population in the Northeast in this article about the ways to prevent and avoid ticks as the weather gets colder.
Move over mosquitoes: Tick prevention grabs attention in fall and winter
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Sam Telford comments on a recent dip in the deer tick population in the Northeast in this article about the ways to prevent and avoid ticks as the weather turns to fall.
Backyard Battles
Friday, August 1st, 2014
The unhappy convergence of suburbia and wildlife. “Every time we touch a wild animal, it thinks it’s going to be eaten. It’s like an alien-abduction experience for them.”
