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Tick Diseases Spreading on the Ozarks

Chronic Lyme patient, Clara Vaughn, taking meds/courtesy Denise Henderson-Vaughn

Tick season has quelled. But individuals bitten by disease-carrying ticks can suffer for months, even years after. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, more individuals living in Arkansas and Missouri appear to be contracting tick-borne diseases with each passing season—including Lyme Disease. 

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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