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Elena Cox

New York

Senior Data Reporter at Stacker

Sr. data reporter @stacker. Recovering TV-newser. Pop culture junkie, grammar enthusiast, chartist 📈

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  • Tick bites are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

    2 weeks ago | threeforksvoice.com | Elena Cox

    Longer summers and shorter winters in North America mean more warm days throughout the year. These conditions are also creating longer life cycles for native arachnids, including bloodsucking ticks. During the height of tick season in 2024, emergency departments saw 112 tick bites per 100,000 visits—the highest level since May 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Here's how to protect yourself

    3 weeks ago | texomashomepage.com | Emily Copeland |Elena Cox

    Tick bites are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself. Longer summers and shorter winters in North America mean more warm days throughout the year. These conditions are also creating longer life cycles for native arachnids, including bloodsucking ticks. During the height of tick season in 2024, emergency departments saw 112 tick bites per 100,000 visits—the highest level since May 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • 5 investment scams millennials fall for and how to avoid them

    3 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Jill Jaracz |Elena Cox

    Jill Jaracz, Data Work By Elena Cox on May 12, 2025 Published in Slideshow World By clicking submit, I authorize Arcamax and its affiliates to: (1) use, sell, and share my information for marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising, as described in our Privacy Policy , (2) add to information that I provide with other information like interests inferred from web page views, or data lawfully obtained from data brokers, such as past purchase or location data, or publicly...

  • 🦟 Tick bites are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself

    3 weeks ago | clickorlando.com | Elena Cox

    More people reporting tick bitesTicks become active when the temperature is above 45 degrees Fahrenheit, and they thrive in moist, humid environments. They can typically be found in tall grass or other greenery but have been increasingly reported in urban areas, including abandoned and overgrown parking lots. Tick bites are most common in the Northeast, making up 99 out of every 100,000 emergency visits as of August 2024, according to the CDC.

  • 🐕‍🦺 Learn about what service dogs can do, and what it takes to certify and protect them

    4 weeks ago | clickorlando.com | Colleen Kilday |Elena Cox

    Harassment or interference laws- Number of states with such a law: 45Harassment or interference laws prohibit people from interfering with the duties of a service dog. For example, in Arkansas, interference law only applies when a service dog is intentionally killed or injured; Illinois and North Carolina law expands the definition to include taunting and teasing. Penalties for violating harassment or interference laws fluctuate as well.

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Elena Cox
Elena Cox @ElenaRCox
12 Sep 23

OK boomers—can you please stop hoarding all the houses? My latest: https://t.co/ubiIzpMrxf

Elena Cox
Elena Cox @ElenaRCox
8 Aug 23

One way to combat the affordable housing crisis: get more people interested in building them. My latest-- https://t.co/7akdC4noXi

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Elena Cox @ElenaRCox
14 Mar 23

RT @Stacker: How does #MarchMadness affect stock market trading volumes? Stacker's @ElenaRCox and @jaredBeilby dig into data from the @CBOE…