Tick activity is on the rise.

Connecticut scientists are seeing unseasonably high levels of tick activity in the state this year.

That uptick carries big potential impacts for human health. Lyme disease is one of the many diseases these parasites can carry. We ask what you can do to protect yourself.

We’ll also get the latest on another environmental hazard with big health impacts in Connecticut – air pollution.

Guests:
Katie Dykes: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Dr. Neeta Connally: Professor at WCSU and director WCSU Tick-borne prevention Laboratory
Goudarz Molaei: Research scientist, medical entomologist and director of Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance Program at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Tick activity is on the rise.
Connecticut scientists&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-04-08/state-scientists-seeing-unseasonably-high-disconcerting-tick-activity-in-ct">are seeing unseasonably high levels of tick activity in the state this year</a>.
That uptick carries big potential impacts for human health. Lyme disease is one of the many diseases these parasites can carry. We ask what you can do to protect yourself.
We&rsquo;ll also get the latest on another environmental hazard with big health impacts in Connecticut &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Air/Air-Quality-and-Health">air pollution.</a>
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Katie Dykes:&nbsp;Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection</li>
<li>Dr. Neeta Connally:&nbsp;Professor at WCSU and director&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wcsuticklab.com/">WCSU Tick-borne prevention Laboratory</a></li>
<li>Goudarz Molaei:&nbsp;Research scientist, medical entomologist and director of Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance Program at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.