Life on Martha’s Vineyard is increasingly shaped by tick-borne illness. A new Island nonprofit, Tick Free MV, is trying to change that.
The Vineyard’s growing tick crisis has caught the attention of lawmakers on Beacon Hill, prompting changes to the deer hunting season that officials hope can cut off the food source for the arachnids.
In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, State officials came to Oak Bluffs to discuss ways to confront the
Alpha-gal syndrome cases on Martha’s Vineyard continued to rise in 2025, with the number of positive tests for the red meat allergy in the first 11 months of the year nearly totaling the last five years combined.
Thursday marked the official launch of Tick Free MV, an organization of concerned year-round and seasonal residents looking to improve public health on the Vineyard by reducing its tick population through various initiatives.
Researchers say that a New Jersey man’s death on the mainland last year is the first confirmed fatality caused by a tick-borne syndrome that has had a rapid rise on Martha’s Vineyard.