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Tick Bite Suspected in N.C. Girl's Death
(Black Mountain Fire Dept. Facebook Page) A six-year-old North Carolina girl has died after doctors suspect she contracted Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) from a tick. Emilee Russell, the daughter of the battalion chief at Black Mountain (N.C.) Fire Department, was vacationing with her family in Texas when she got sick, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports. (MORE: Identifying Bug Bites| Know THIS Before You Hit the Beach) Despite multiple hospitals, doctors and blood treatments, Emilee passed away Wednesday, June 12. "They...