NPR: Morning Edition - Tick Season is Getting Worse. Can Managing Deer Help?

‍"Tick Season Is Getting Worse. Can Managing Deer Help?" — NPR Morning Edition, June 2026

A national look at the connection between deer populations and the rise of tick-borne illness, featuring Virginia Barbatti and Lea Hamner on Martha's Vineyard's lone star tick and alpha-gal crisis. The piece explores why individual prevention alone isn't enough and surveys the range of population-level solutions being tested, from oral deer treatments and sterilization programs to a Lyme vaccine and new federal investments in tick research.

Read or listen to the segment here.