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ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) — Health and environmental officials are urging New Yorkers and visitors to protect themselves from ticks and tick-borne diseases as the weather gets warmer.
The New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation shared that Lyme disease is a major concern, with symptoms like a bull’s-eye rash, fever, chills, muscle aches, headache or fatigue possibly showing up within 30 days of infection.
Officials noted that tick bites can also spread other illnesses, including babesiosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Powassan virus disease.
Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country.