# Borrelia burgdorferi

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### Warming Winters Drive Tick Surge—Lyme Disease Burden Reaches 500,000 US Cases
2026-08-02 16:42:07 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 1

Shorter, milder winters are supercharging tick populations, extending the transmission season and pushing Lyme disease into new geographic areas. This climate-driven health threat now affects an estimated half-million Americans each year, demanding integrated environmental and public health responses.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/climate-warming-tick-surge-500k

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