Lead researcher Professor Maria Diuk-Wasser found a substantial increase in tick populations infesting New York City parks, rising from 40% to 80% in just one year.
The incidence of Lyme disease in New York has been steadily rising over the past two decades, with cases escalating from 704 in 2020 to 3,323 in 2023.
Researchers studied ticks by using large white sheets of fabric dragged through the underbrush in parks, observing a significant rise in tick populations, particularly in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
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