Tag: ticks

Tips on ticks, bears, snakes and heat

Over the summer, thousands of visitors enjoy picturesque hiking in New Jersey’s 27 state parks and 11 state forests. These beautiful landscapes offer opportunities for a wide range of activities, from mountain biking and hiking to kayaking and bird watching. They are also home to a large variety of local wildlife — more than 400 […]

New tool from Pennsylvania Department of Health shows where ticks are prevalent

Just in time for National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Pennsylvania Department of Health launched a new online dashboard to provide Pennsylvania residents and health care providers with information about tickborne diseases. RELATED COVERAGE: It’s tick season: Here’s what you need to know about protecting yourself & your pets The online dashboard not only pinpoints […]

S.Korea factory activity shrinks in April, but optimism about outlook ticks up

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity contracted again in April, but manufacturers’ optimism climbed to the highest level in nearly two years as output and orders managed to post marginal growth, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for manufacturers in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, compiled by S&P […]

Key measure ticks higher for first time since September

An annual inflation measure watched closely by the Federal Reserve crept higher in February, its first rise in five months and a sign the central bank could remain wary about cutting interest rates too soon. An underlying gauge of price gains dipped but stayed elevated. And household spending surged more than expected, a development that could keep […]

Germany’s unemployment number ticks up in February

The number of people unemployed in Germany rose by around 8,000 in February to a total of 2.8 million, figures showed on Thursday. Compared to a year earlier, the unemployment figure has increased by 194,000. As a percentage, the amount of unemployed people of working age stayed steady at 6.1% on a month-by-month basis and […]

Ohio’s population ticks back up, but larger declines projected by 2050

Jan. 9—Ohio gained about 26,238 new residents in 2023, which was the state’s first population increase in three years, according to new Census data. But Ohio’s rate of population growth trailed a majority of U.S. states, and the Buckeye State is expected to lose hundreds of thousands of residents in the next two and a […]