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Ticks that cause Lyme and other diseases have migrated south. Are doctors ready?

Ticks that cause Lyme and other diseases have migrated south. Are doctors ready?
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Angela Newman of Biltmore Forest, North Carolina, remembers the “bizarre” symptoms she began experiencing almost a decade ago. Blurry vision, a stiff neck, hypersensitive skin, numbness and weakness that would come and go. She saw a variety of medical specialists, undergoing an MRI, CT scan and p...

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