The PA Recreation and Park Society is hosting a Preventing Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Disease webinar on April 18 from 11:00 to Noon.

Tick-borne infections are preventable, and awareness is the first step toward prevention! Lyme disease can be serious if not diagnosed and treated early.

Ticks are a statewide risk.  A recent study reported Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases in all 67 counties, with Pennsylvania leading the leading nation in new cases.

But don’t let that keep you inside!

Join PRPS for this educational webinar and learn how to how to prevent tick bites and Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

Click Here for all the details and to register.  CEU credits are available for a $5 fee for PRPS members and $10 for non-members.

Download a copy of the PRPS brochure on tick-borne diseases and visit the Department of Health’s Lyme Disease webpage.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and training opportunities, visit the PA Recreation and Park Society website.  Like them on Facebook,  Follow them on Twitter, visit their YouTube Channel, and find them on Instagram.  Click Here to support their work.

Visit the Get Outdoors PA website for information on recreational opportunities in Pennsylvania.

[Posted: April 10, 2018]

4/16/2018