Dog Ticks Change Their Appetite with Rising Global Temperatures
Climate change is shifting the preference of ticks from dogs to humans, generating a spike in cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Discovery of New Bacterium Further Muddles Lyme Disease Diagnosis
Ticks are small, but potentially dangerous arachnids that can spread Lyme disease to humans [Image: ‘Tick’ from John Tann under a CC BY 2.0 license]The already thorny process of diagnosing Lyme disease may have just gotten even hazier.…