It’s the Heat and the Humidity, New Study Finds: Why Lyme Disease is Common in the North, Rare in the South

Saturday, January 14, 2017 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

When it’s hot and not too muggy, Lyme disease-bearing ticks hide out where people don’t tread. Scientists say that’s why the illness is rare in the South, and may eventually fade out along the Mason-Dixon line. The ... Read more

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