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STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Minimizing tick risks
Its a product pitch, to be sure, but a news release from the makers of Insect Shield clothing is relevant just the same because tick season is upon us. Of special concern is the increase in deer ti...
Posted on 4/12/12 at 9:36 AM
OUTDOORS WITH SAM COOK With nice weather, deer tick encounters on the rise
Lots of Northland residents and their dogs are encountering deer ticks this fall, but that doesnt mean more deer ticks are out and about. Chances are, people are finding more deer ticks (also ca...
Posted on 10/12/10 at 3:00 PM
Eastern North Dakota listed as 'emerging risk' region in Lyme disease study
Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
By Holly Ramer , February 03, 2012
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HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: UND prom dress sale ... Mayville music education major .. New med school prof ,,, more 
UND’s Nonprofit Leadership Student Association is preparing for its third nnual prom dress sale and is asking people in the region to consider donating their used formal wear to the event.
By Ryan Johnson//Forum Communications/Associated Press , December 06, 2010
Undiagnosed and suffering
Minnesota woman addresses her almost 30-year struggle with Lyme disease
Elizabeth Fadling was only 5, but she remembers when she got bitten by a deer tick while visiting relatives in Pennsylvania back in 1985.
By Jodie Tweed , May 08, 2010
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Trouble from a tiny tick
Deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease, continue march north and west in MinnesotaDave Neitzel, an epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health, said Lyme disease cases in the state have increased steadily since the mid-1980s and have averaged about 1,000 cases annually the past three or four years.
By Brad Dokken and Kevin Grinde , April 27, 2010
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Report says climate change could increase spread of nasty pests
Nasty species such as deer ticks and poison ivy may proliferate inside their current range and spread into new areas as carbon dioxide levels increase and climate change continues into the future. That’s the finding of a new report released Thursday by the National Wildlife Federation — just in time to push support for climate change legislation expected soon in the U.S. Senate. The U.S. House already has passed climate legislation.
By John Myers , April 01, 2010
Fargo Film Festival continues tonight with ‘Under Our Skin’
The award-winning documentary “Under Our Skin,” a movie about chronic Lyme disease, will be shown at 7 tonight in the Fargo Theatre as part of the 2010 Fargo Film Festival, which continues through Saturday.
By Herald Staff Report , March 04, 2010
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'Under his skin'
To GF doctor, a movie on chronic Lyme disease is a personal story Doug and Marcie Evans don’t usually go out of their way to recommend movies, but they’re making an exception for “Under Our Skin,” a documentary about chronic Lyme disease that will be shown at 7 tonight and 3 p.m. Saturday in Fargo.
By Paulette Tobin , March 03, 2010
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If you go to 'Under Our Skin'
What: The award-winning documentary movie “Under Our Skin,” about chronic Lyme disease.
March 03, 2010
Pawlenty won't attend DFLers' budget summit
One headline said Gov. Tim Pawlenty “declined” an invitation to meet with current and former governors and legislative leaders. Another said he “rejected” the idea. It was more like he tore up the invitation into little bits and threw it away. Then burned it. And buried the ashes. Figuratively, at least. Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller and House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, both Minneapolis Democrats, invited the officials to a summit to discuss economic woes the state faces.
By Don Davis , August 15, 2009
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Risk of tick disease increases
Deer ticks are expanding their range in the Upper Midwest and southern Canada, new ticks are moving into the area and existing ticks are picking up new diseases, increasing the threat of illness to hikers tramping through the region’s woods.
By Chris Williams , August 03, 2009
HEALTH AND WELLNESS: Here a tick, there a tick, everywhere a tick, tick
You’re lying in bed, reflecting on the pleasant day you spent in the outdoors when you feel something crawling across the back of your neck. Or maybe you’re sound asleep when a little sting in your armpit abruptly awakens you.In both cases a search and seizure of the intruder reveals it’s a tick, a harbinger of summer in North Dakota and Minnesota. Although, no one likes ticks, fortunately the ones that are common in the area are fairly harmless.
May 23, 2009
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