Unfortunately, it’s gearing up to be a hot tick summer as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows ...

The CDC’s syndromic surveillance system aggregates chief-complaint data from emergency departments nationwide. During the opening weeks of 2026, the system recorded tick-bite visits above the expected ...

(NEXSTAR) – Tick activity in the U.S. has reached levels we haven’t seen in nearly 10 years, and data suggest some states are worse off than others. The CDC previously warned that emergency department ...

Tick bite-related ER visits are at their highest seasonal levels since 2017 across most U.S. regions, raising concerns about increased Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. That’s according to ...