We go on a tick hunt
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Scientists are worried about ticks.
They say they’re starting to pose more of a health risk here in the UK, as our climate warms and urban areas spill into green spaces.
But what are ticks, what kind of disease can they cause – and how much of a problem are they? We go on a tick hunt in Richmond Park and then head back to the lab to meet the ticks we’ve collected. We find out why new species of ticks and new diseases could be coming our way - and what you can do to keep safe.
Also this week, we answer your questions on the impact of noise on our health following our recent programme.
And we delve into the fascinating world of measles. It’s the most contagious virus in the world – by a long way. What is it about this virus that makes it so spectacularly good at infecting us?
Keep in touch with the Inside Health team at insidehealth@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: James Gallagher Producer: Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production coordinator: Liz Tuohy
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| 0:32.5 | Hello there and welcome to Inside Health. |
| 0:35.1 | I'm taking advantage of the spring weather |
| 0:37.0 | and getting out of the studio. |
| 0:38.5 | So we're in Richmond Park today. |
| 0:40.5 | I can hear the birds tweeting in the trees overhead. |
| 0:43.6 | But what we're here for is to go on a tick hunt. |
| 0:46.9 | We're going to see how many of them we can catch. |
| 0:49.3 | Try to figure out how big a problem ticks are in the country at the moment. |
| 0:53.1 | Why there are new diseases and new species |
| 0:55.6 | of ticks coming to the UK. So we're going to do all of that and then later we had so many |
| 1:01.5 | of you get in touch about our program on the health impacts of sound and noise that we've got |
| 1:06.6 | the researcher back to answer some more of your questions so we'll do that and we're also |
| 1:10.6 | delving into measles and finding out why that virus is just so spectacularly good at infecting us. |
| 1:18.2 | But first, I've got to find tick enthusiast, Professor Sally Cutler. She's here somewhere. |
| 1:23.5 | She's also a medical microbiologist at the University of East London. |
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