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The Arkansas Department of Health is urging caution for those venturing into woodlands and fields this summer about being bitten by infectious ticks.…
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In December, President Trump signed the bipartisan Kay Hagan Tick Act into law, named after U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina who died last autumn due…
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In early June, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the presence of a Longhorned tick in Benton County. The tick, which is endemic to East…
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Alpha Gal Encouragers NW Arkansas is a support group for people dealing with Alpha Gal Syndrome, an allergic reaction to meat caused by a lone star tick…
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Summer vacation season is heating up with residents venturing into woodlands to hike and camp, but danger may be lurking in the forest, in the form of...
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Ticks are tiny blood-sucking arachnids that feed on deer, birds, rabbits, squirrels, rodents and lizards. During bloodmeals, Arkansas ticks may absorb...
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Last May, sisters Anais, Elise and Emory Bowerman spent the night at a Girl Scout slumber camp in Lowell. The girls came home the next day covered with...
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Arkansas is host to the largest variety of blood-sucking ticks in the nation. And more Arkansans are reporting being sickened by bites from infected…
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Tick season has quelled. But individuals bitten by disease-carrying ticks can suffer for months, even years after. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports,…
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Suspected cases of bobcat fever at The Cat Clinic of NWA has steadily increased since January.