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Ticks living longer in UK as summers get hotter

Original: Disease-carrying ticks 'living for longer' in UK thanks to hotter summers https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/balkans

Health reporting says disease-carrying ticks are surviving for longer in the UK because of hotter summers. The longer survival season raises concerns about greater exposure to tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, with warmer conditions allowing the parasites to spread into more areas and persist further into the year than before.

Why now: Hotter summers are extending tick survival and raising public concern about tick-borne disease risk in the UK.

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