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A SUNY Upstate expert says we're seeing more Dog ticks and Lone Star ticks, which cause different diseases.
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An update on COVID trends in the region, plus a look at what's happening in New York's Capitol.
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A new bill by Syracuse-area Congress Member John Katko would set up systems to help identify ticks and possible diseases from them. It would also increase education and give researchers data about tick populations by geography and seasonality to better fight and prevent the impacts. The bill was announced with medical experts in Syracuse Monday.
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Onondaga County health officials are monitoring the emergence of a typically rare tick-borne disease that can cause serious illness if left untreated. It’s called anaplasmosis, and it’s a bacterium spread by the same tick that carries Lyme disease
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Central New York has seen a rise in the tick population and a subsequent increase in the threat of diseases they carry. Due to climate change more areas have become hospitable for ticks to thrive.