Every year, 31 million people in the United States are bitten by a tick. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said reports of tick bites are higher than normal for this time of year.
The weekly rates of emergency room visits due to tick bites are the highest they’ve been since 2017, according to the CDC.
“We have started seeing an uptick in cases in our emergency rooms, with people coming in either with concerns after being bit by a tick or with symptoms that may be concerning for tick-borne illness, such as Lyme disease,” Dr. Chloe McCoy, an emergency room doctor with MedStar Health, told WTOP…