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Why tick season is worse than usual and how to protect yourself
Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attribute to climate change, human expansion into forested areas and overpopulations of deer. Ali Rogin speaks with pediatric infectious diseases specialist Dr. Andrew Handel about how to best avoid these tiny insects.
Nature and animal lovers know the little pests to a sufficient extent: ticks. And currently there are plenty lurking again in the forest and on the meadows. Does this have to do with mild winters? And how can one protect oneself against the pests?
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How worried should you be about ticks in Southern California?
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TRIER/STUTTGART. This summer, an unusual number of ticks are also on the road in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. "It's already a very strong year," said tick expert Ute Mackenstedt of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart of the German Press Agency. It was a trend that the number of active ticks has been rising for several years. This is due to the milder winters. [...]
‘Do not burst or crush a tick that is attached to the body. Do not pour any chemical substances such as alcohol, detergent, liquid soap, kerosene, cologne on it and do not press a cigarette on it.’
Ticks should always be removed safely and then disposed of properly. Read here what you should be careful about.
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