Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of May 8, 2017 ~ 'Is there a tick near you?'

Thomas F. O'Mara

May 8, 2017

There was a time when Lyme disease was considered mostly a “downstate” concern. No longer. Over the past several years, it has been a rapidly growing public health challenge throughout upstate New York and has drawn increasingly heightened warnings from public health officials.

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This week, "Is There a Tick Near You?"

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