East End boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’

A 9-year-old Riverhead boy is among three probable Suffolk County cases of a rare tick-borne illness known as “rabbit fever” — amid a surge in bites experts say may be linked to last winter’s persistent snow cover. John Detmer and an unnamed Ridge resident were identified by News 12 Long Island as two of those...

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