On this week’s episode of KRCU’s Going Public, earlier this summer, a Missouri woman died after being bit by a tick. It appears to be a case of Bourbon virus, discovered just 3 years ago and which scientists still know almost nothing about. Then, a Springfield, MO couple is working to raise awareness and funding after their four-year-old son was diagnosed with a rare disorder. And later on in the show we’re sharing some of the latest stories from a community project “Dear Heartland”.