# Tick season is getting worse. Can managing deer help?

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Podcast: [Morning Edition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-edition-2072183)
Published: 2026-06-19T08:51:15+00:00
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## Resource

Ticks can cause serious diseases, but the tools for controlling them lag decades behind mosquitoes. In the northeast, health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations -- which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks -- along with new experimental approaches, can start to reverse the tide of ticks and the illnesses they cause.

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