“In the last quarter of the 20th century, a delicate array of natural forces indisputably tipped – were tipped, more accurately – to transform Lyme disease from an organism that lingered quietly in the environment for millennia to what it is today: the substance of painful stories shared between mothers; a quandary for doctors who lack good diagnostic tests and clear direction; the object of rancour over studies that discount enduring infection while acknowledging persisting pain.” From moose to humans, ticks are taking a higher toll on those they bite. And the reason for their rise is all too familiar. Mary Beth Pfeiffer in Aeon: In a warming world, ticks thrive in more places than ever before, making Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change.