"It feeds on your blood for a week before you even notice – and then leaves behind a rare and life-threatening disease…"
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""It feeds on your blood for a week before you even notice – and then leaves behind a rare and life-threatening disease…"" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Scientific Frontline, ConsumerAffairs, Newsweek and The Independent. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
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Coverage (5)
- Bourbon Virus in Lone Star Ticks Scientific Frontline · 7h ago
- Lone star tick linked to rare virus in New York for the first time ConsumerAffairs · 7h ago
- One patient was treated for Lyme disease. The real cause was a far worse tick virus. Newsweek · 7h ago
- Are more cases of deadly Bourbon virus on the horizon? The Independent · 7h ago
- "It feeds on your blood for a week before you even notice – and then leaves behind a rare and life-threatening disease…" BBC Wildlife Magazine · 7h ago broke it first
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