Learn more about ticks and tick-borne diseases
Ticks are hard to avoid in New Hampshire. Read below for tips on how to protect yourself — plus, the latest on tick-related illness across New England and how people are responding.
Taylor Quimby
This week, Taylor Quimby, host of the NHPR podcast Patient Zero, is bringing us “Tick season:” straightforward advice on tick-borne disease. Today, in the…
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