According to the CDC, emergency room visits for tick bites in the Northeast are at their highest levels in at least five ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing viral upper respiratory infections. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing cases of swimmer’s ear, diarrhea, hand, foot and ...

See how many tick bite-related emergency department visits the Northeast has seen this summer compared to last summer.

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the ...

Lyme disease is spread by the blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick. Many people who get Lyme disease develop a red or blue rash that spreads out two or more inches. Only 20% of people get ...

A main worry is blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks, which can spread Lyme disease ... keep an eye on the skin around ...

In a data analysis, Alleghany residents were about 25 times more likely to contract Lyme disease, and Watauga residents were ...

Ticks are already prevalent in the woods in Lorain County. However, health officials now report that another species of tick has migrated to the area, bringing the threat of Lyme disease with it.

The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick. This type of tick carries Lyme disease, an illness that can cause a rash ...

Deer ticks are about the size of the head of a pin, while dog ticks can be up to one-half of an inch. QUESTION #2. Do ticks fall or jump from trees ... headache, fatigue and a characteristic skin rash ...

Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness. ... It's a rare disease that affects no more than 200 people per year in the U.S. Aside from ticks, mosquitoes, and deer flies can also transmit the bacteria ...

Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...