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🚨 A new White Coat Waste Project investigation has uncovered alarming activity in several U.S. laboratories. USDA- and DoD-funded facilities, including the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas, Texas Tech University, and UC Davis, are actively importing and breeding large colonies of non-native African and Asian Hyalomma ticks. These ticks are capable of transmitting Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), a virus with up to a 30% human fatality rate and no approved treatment in the