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Misinformation about ticks and mosquitoes is on the rise. A new app may help.

Published June 22, 2026 02:20 pm When someone got bitten by a tick at her cousin’s wedding in Arkansas, public health researcher Ellie Fawcett knew there was a problem. Not only the tick, which Fawcett easily identified as the American dog tick, a species known to carry diseases such as tularemia (aka rabbit fever) and

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How to Safely Remove Ticks and Avoid Lyme Disease

Published on June 18, 2026 10:45 am Given all the bad press surrounding tiny arachnids, finding a tick on you is always a little worrying. Every year, almost one in ten people will experience a tick bite, and 476,000 Lyme disease will be treated in the US, according to CDC. Although these statistics may be

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