This year is shaping up to be another big Lyme disease season in Vermont. For the past decade, tick-borne Lyme disease has been on the rise in New England. When the Vermont Health Department started tracking the disease in 1990, they found only 14 cases in the state, according to Bradley Tompkins, an infectious disease specialist. In 2015, nearly 500 people caught Lyme disease in Vermont. "If you're attentive you should be able to get a tick off before it transmits the disease," he said.

Source: ABC News March 12, 2017 14:35 UTC