Its that time of year, if you are going to be outside in the Ozarks then you need to protect yourself from tick bites. I talked to Dawn Hicks, who is a Health Educator/Certified Environmental Specialist at the Howell County Health Department
The CDC says that tick and mosquito borne illnesses increased three-fold between 2004 and 2016 and 9 new diseases spread by ticks and mosquitos have been discovered since 2004.