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CDC data shows more people going to ER for tick bites
Nationwide, the data shows that this year, for every 100,000 people who go to the ER, 268 of them are for tick bites. While that may seem small, it’s a big jump from previous years. That rate is up ...
Tick bites are sending more people to the ER this summer. Experts explain why.
Emergency room visits for tick bites this year are at the highest levels since 2019, especially in the Northeast, according ...
‘Ticks EVERYWHERE?’: Sightings and bites in the D.C. region heighten worries
Tick-related emergency room visits are at the highest since 2019, CDC data shows. The Northeast region has seen the most this ...
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Fever, Anaemia, or Heart Failure? A Rare Tick Case
A 74-year-old woman develops haemolytic anaemia and stress cardiomyopathy after a tick bite, highlighting a rare cardiac complication of babesiosis.
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Nantucket’s dry spell could be keeping tick threat in check
There might be one silver lining to the drought gripping the island. Ticks hate dry conditions even more than we do.
Tick bite at golf course sends STL man to ICU
For Skip Kernan, 65, it wasn’t a hike in the woods that led to a medical emergency. It was a day on the golf course.
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'Tick bite at agricultural show left me so ill I couldn't get out of my car'
Shortly after he arrived, Stuart suddenly took ill and was so debilitated he couldn’t get out of the car. “My heart rate was ...
Bite from this tick could cause red meat allergy
Unlike other food allergies that occur within minutes after ingestion, like peanut or wheat, symptoms from eating red meat such as beef, pork, lamb, or venison, can occur three to eight hours after ...