Massachusetts: DPH asks residents to prepare for, possibly, unusually active tick season

April showers bring May flowers– and, unfortunately, they also bring another spring crop: ticks. And this year the region is bracing for the possibility of a larger than usual influx of the dangerous pests. But why?

Katherine Perry reports.

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For more information head to www.mass.gov/dph/tick or call the DPH Epidemiology Hotline at 617-983-6800.