Many Connecticut residents say they are worried about contracting diseases from ticks. “I’m always worried about ticks,” said Don Aldleef, a Farmington resident. “Getting Lyme disease ...

For the first time, a tick-borne illness normally found hundreds of miles away was detected in a person in Connecticut, causing concerns that the insect that spreads it has begun to thrive in new ...

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