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New Yorkers at Highest Risk of Tick Bites This Week: Fordham

  • Researchers at Fordham University warn that New York City is currently in a Red Zone for a very high risk of tick bites during peak tick season in 2025.
  • This increase follows years of expanding tick populations driven by factors like multiplying deer, reforested areas near cities, and ticks transported by wildlife into urban parks and backyards.
  • Both nymph and adult black-legged deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease and infect 20 to 30 percent of nymphs in some urban areas, are active and pose a public health concern in New York City this year.
  • Experts advise year-round protection including using DEET, wearing permethrin-treated clothing, checking for ticks every few hours when outdoors, and removing ticks quickly to reduce infection risk from fast transmission.
  • The current tick surge suggests increased Lyme disease risk and underscores the need for vigilance in urban greenspaces, with some hope for a vaccine in the future but no immediate cure available.
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Long confined to forests and trails, these parasites now colonize the parks and gardens of the major cities. In New York as in France, their growing presence in urban areas poses an unprecedented health challenge.

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This summer again particularly active: ticks. The little beasts love warm and hidden skin spots. Those who stay outside should therefore specifically look for them. Especially at these ten body regions.

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American Military News broke the news in United States on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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