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Thursday, May 03, 2018

CDC Warns Of Alarming Jump In Bug-Borne Illness

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ringing the alarm about a dramatic increase in bug-borne illnesses. The CDC says it has seen a surge in ailments that have developed as a result of bugs such as mosquitoes, fleas and ticks.

The agency revealed that illnesses from tick, mosquito and flea bites have tripled over the last 13 years.

Ticks, the carriers of Lyme disease, seem to be the most dangerous — accounting for 63 percent of the reported illnesses.

On an evening outdoors in Anne Arundel County on Tuesday, a cyclist told WJZ’s Ava-joye Burnett that she plans on making changes.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It comes from all of the dirty immigrants that don't bath. It isn't their fault, they come from Shithole countries that don't have good hygiene. When I went to school we never even heard of Lice, now it is in our schools every year!