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You may have heard the ticks are bad this year due to the mild winter or ticks are getting worse in Missouri. But what’s the reality of these claims? KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on how climate change may be impacting the ticks – and the humans of Missouri.

Most tick-borne illnesses aren’t life-threatening or chronic – if caught early and treated. But ticks create an additional challenge for the unhoused community of Columbia.

Longhorned ticks are capable of transmitting illnesses to humans and cattle.

It’s tick season. And while ticks are annoying when you head outside, KBIA’s Rebecca Smith tells us about the risk of tick-borne illnesses and what you can do to keep yourself safe.

One Saturday afternoon at a backyard cookout, St. Louis architect Dan Rosenberg enjoyed a cheeseburger – a food he’d enjoyed many times before.That night,…

Federal health investigators have confirmed that ticks carry a new virus that sickened two Missouri men.Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control…