A surprisingly high percent of the white-footed mice collected last summer in Howard County, Maryland, in an ARS Areawide Integrated Tick Management Project turned out to be infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Read more
A human nutrition study reaffirmed the health benefits of substituting whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice for refined-grain products like white bread in the diet. Read
ARS entomologist Steven Cook will be leading a $1 million funded international consortium of scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees' number one problem. More
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