Stephen Rich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Stephen Rich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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A new grant from Centers for Disease Control to the Massachusetts public health department will subsidize the cost of tick testing for state residents at a UMass Amherst's lab. Years of statewide surveillance through its tick testing program have given public health officials a better picture of the tick-borne disease situation in the state.

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