Ticks, as is now well known, can transmit dangerous diseases–to both humans and animals. People are especially afraid of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). This ...

Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point nationwide in five years, according to the CDC's Tick Bite Data Tracker. The ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

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