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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Julia Musto

Fears over rising tick numbers and Lyme disease spread across Northeast

The Northeast should be on high alert for exposure to disease-carrying ticks, according to experts.

Fordham University’s Tick Index currently shows the risk at a nine out of 10, indicating that people in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey should “limit exposure and use extreme caution.”

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