As the weather is getting warmer more people are spending time outside and that means the risk for tick-borne illnesses is on the rise.
There’s a new risk that comes along with the parasites, however. Maryland and surrounding states are seeing cases of Babesiosis, a disease passed on by parasites and blood transfusions.
The disease was previously relegated to the Northeast and Midwest, but numbers have been inching up in the region over the last few years. There were only nine cases in Maryland last year, but it’s an upward trend from years past…