MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Spending more time outside during the hot summer months increases the risks of getting bitten by ticks.
Every year, 31 million people bitten by ticks risk contracting Lyme disease. It’s the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, with an estimated 476,000 patients treated annually.
Dr. Meghan Hermance, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama, joined WKRG to explain the dangers associated with ticks…