Experts in northern Indiana are warning residents of an uptick in the population of a tiny but menacing parasite.
What’s happening?
As The Observer reported, scientists are concerned that the tick population in St. Joseph County is exploding and placing ever more residents at risk of tick-borne disease.
“With warmer winters, they are not dying off,” Lee Haines, associate research professor at Notre Dame’s department of biological science, told the publication. “Add in the fact we have lots of deer in St. Joe County — meaning the larger ticks have easy access to fine dining.”
Haines also warned that mice are rapidly multiplying, adding to the tick buffet…