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Tag: Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina

A woman in a suit shakes hands with a man in uniform. She's former Senator Kay Hagan, who recently died of a rare tick-borne virus.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Virus from tick that killed former Sen. Hagan has never been detected in N.C.

by Greg Barnes November 5, 2019November 4, 2019

By Greg Barnes The virus carried by a tiny tick that caused the death of former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has never been reported in North Carolina, but that doesn’t mean it won’t get here someday. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the number of tick-borne diseases are increasing and […]

Map highlights states as far west as the middle of Texas, north into Nebraska and the Minnesota border, and into New England, as far north as the Maine coast.
Posted inPublic Health

A New Perspective on North Carolina Tick-borne Illnesses

by Yen Duong October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

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