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God bless you. Glor . An officers emotional signoff. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. Were going to begin with a concerning new report from the centers for disease control. It said infections from mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas have more than tripled in recent years. They announced this today. And at least nine new diseases have been reported for the first time in the u. S. And dr. Jon lapook is following it. Reporter the 16 diseases tracked by the c. D. C. Include wellknown illnesses like lyme and zika, which have seen a dramatic rise since 2004. This deer tick, found especially in the northeast, spreads lyme disease, which accounts for more than 63 of the illnesses tracked. Lyme disease cases have doubled to about 36,000 a year, and the bed. C. Says because of under tporting, the real number is closer to 300,000. Diseases carried by mosquitoes, ke dengue, chikungunya, and zika, were seen in sharp spikes. In 2016, there were more than 40,000 ....