Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point ...

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 ...

States like California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania and New York are at the top of this list due to their warm climates, high humidity and abundance of green spaces. Notably, New York City, Los ...

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.

If you’ve ever dealt with a tick on yourself or your pet, you know they can lead to a number of potential health risks. Some areas and regions, however, are more infested with ticks than others, ...

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 ...