Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Two emerging tick viruses that can be deadly are spreading in the US

 

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Joel Kontinen

Two tick-borne viruses – Heartland virus and Bourbon virus – have killed at least seven people in the US so far and appear to be spreading. Nebraska has just become the ninth state to detect one or both viruses in local ticks. New York also recently reported its first case of Bourbon virus in a person.

Are these viruses going to keep expanding in ticks? Are we going to see more and more cases of human infections? These are questions that a lot of my colleagues and I are wondering about,” says  Joseph J Fauver at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

When God created the world everything was fine but then after the fall of man he fall on while ticks and  other creatures poisoned Earth. Tics spread viruses when God  cursed mankind  and  animals after the fall of man in Genesis 3.

Source:

Alice Klein 2026 Two emerging tick viruses that can be deadly are spreading in the US | New Scientist 20 August