(Atlanta, GA) — Tick bites are on the rise in the U.S. The CDC reports seeing the highest number of tick bite emergency room visits since 2017. Ninety-six out of 100-thousand ER visits in April were for tick bites, three times the number recorded in March. So far, the Northeast and Midwest have been the most impacted. It’s a big issue because ticks can carry Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and something called alpha-gal syndrome, …
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