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Board discusses worsening tick season, outreach and buying tick‑removal kits for community events
Summary
Board members and public‑health staff said Tompkins County is seeing an early and intensified tick season and discussed buying fine‑tipped tweezers and distributing kits at outreach events (Ithaca Festival, fairs) using braided funding and partner networks (Cornell, CMC, Finger Lakes Land Trust).
Board members and staff told the Tompkins County Board of Health they are observing an early and active tick season and discussed steps to expand public education and distribute tick‑removal kits.
An agency official (S8) said the department has seen an "uptick" in ticks and staff asked whether the county could braid funding to buy kits for outreach across multiple…
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