Ticks on a 'quest' for blood at California's beaches. Is Lyme disease a rising risk?

Lyme disease-carrying ticks usually found in woodlands and fields are spreading along California's beaches, carried by an unknown host.

Millions of people enjoy hanging out at California beaches in the warmer months. So do ticks carrying Lyme disease.

The abundance of the blood-sucking arachnids surprised some tick biologists and experts, in part because it is unclear what animals may be spreading them around. Still, California has a far lower incidence of disease-carrying ticks than other parts of the country, particularly the East Coast,

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