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.

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. — As you make outdoor plans this summer, one Western New York woman wants to make sure you're also coming up with a plan to deal with ticks. The founder of Lyme WNY told 2 On Your ...

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal ...

Learn what ticks in humans are in this guide—from their meaning and types to symptoms, treatment options, and key details. Get all the information you need here ...

When you walk outside and take a deep breath, the scent of fresh plants and grass wakes your senses like a warm cup of coffee. Then you take a short stroll through your lawn, perhaps you are walking ...