New Yorkers urged to protect themselves from ticks and tick-borne diseases
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Updated · WKTV · Apr 30
New Yorkers urged to protect themselves from ticks and tick-borne diseases
12 articles · Updated · WKTV · Apr 30
New York state health, environmental and parks agencies warned residents and visitors as warmer weather brings an early season and unusually high tick-bite reports nationwide.
Officials said Lyme disease is a major concern, with symptoms including a bull's-eye rash, fever, chills, muscle aches, headache or fatigue appearing within 30 days of infection.
They also warned tick bites can spread babesiosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Powassan virus disease.
As climate change pushes deadly ticks into new regions, are our public health systems prepared for the coming wave of disease?
Lyme tests miss most early cases. What new methods can reliably detect the disease before it causes long-term harm?