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Less than a week after 11Alive reported on a local workplace with a bed bug problem, dozens of employees walked off the job Wednesday. Source: WXIA

It’€™s the season for tick bites. Each year, at least 300,000 people contract Lyme disease and about 10 to 15 percent report stubborn, long-lasting symptoms like achy joints, fatigue and memory lapses despite treatment. What are the mysteries of Lyme, and why is there no effective vaccine on the market for humans? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports. Source: PBS NewsHour

Tick bites have even been to blame for causing partial paralysis in humans. Source: KUSA

As mosquitoes begin to fill the air this summer, don’€™t be afraid. Here are some tips for how to avoid the nagging insects” and what to do if one bites you. Source: Remy Tumin

As summer heats up and mosquito season begins again, the risk for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue, Chikungunya, and West Nile will rise. Source: Business Insider

Video of a raccoon riding the subway, nibbling food out of a bowl as it’s seated between two people, has New Yorkers alternately repulsed, amused and just plain bewildered. Subway rider Brooke Hogan told NBC 4 New York she took the video on… Source: NBC New York

The deer tick, which as far as we know carries more illnesses than any other tick, “has been expanding its range enormously in the last 30 years. Source: Business Insider