Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Key Takeaways A tick bite can be a small red area with a visible tick or a dark ...
There were over 1,500 cases of Lyme disease in just one year 🚨 Latest data from UKHSA shows there were 1,581 cases of Lyme disease in 2024. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through the ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a spike of tick bite-related emergency room visits this summer. May saw the highest rates of people bitten by a tick in ...
An estimated 476,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease annually, according to the CDC. Tick bites can infect humans with Lyme disease. Lyme disease symptoms happen in stages and may vary from ...
Emergency room visits for tick bites in the U.S. spiked in July 2025, exceeding nearly 10 years of July records. Tickborne illnesses like ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and ...
While working as a youth camp doctor in upstate New York earlier this summer, Dr. Matt Harris noticed he was removing a dozen ticks from campers each day, more than in years prior. Harris, an ...
Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...
FORT BRAGG, NC-- Ticks are a significant public health concern, transmitting diseases like Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome, and others. Fort Bragg Department of Public Health, Entomologist, Capt.
This year's tick season has been extremely active, leading to a surge in ER visits because of tick bites, particularly in the Northeast. This year's figures are the highest since 2019, according to ...
Experts warned that the tick population in the United States was booming, and we’re now seeing the unfortunate effects across the country. We’re updating you on the latest in tick-related news. Also ...
A New Jersey man is the first person believed to have died from a so-called meat allergy triggered by a tick bite, researchers say. The man died in September 2024, but researchers just recently linked ...
Data indicates a big uptick in the amount of emergency room cases for tick bites seen in the U.S. in July 2025. By July 6, the Centers for Disease Control reported that the number of emergency ...