TICK Act Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN) have introduced the TICK Act which will mandate funding, oversight, coordination, and data collection with a view to supporting prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, which have become a huge health problem in the United States. Cases have risen 1,400% since 2003. www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-smith-introduce-legislation-address-rising-number-lyme-and-tick-borne Action: 1. Contact your Senators and ask them to support the TICK Act. If you have tick-born infections, or know someone who does, be sure to tell them! 2. Contact one of the Senators who introduced the act and thank them. U.S. Senate: Senators
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