Tick bites keep sending Americans to emergency departments: When should you seek care?
State Watch Tick bites keep sending Americans to emergency departments: When should you seek care? More than 100 of every 100,000 emergency department visits recorded in April were because of tick bites, CDC data updated earlier this week shows. During the same time last year, tick bites accounted for only 68 out of every 100,000 visits.
- ▪State Watch Tick bites keep sending Americans to emergency departments: When should you seek care?
- ▪More than 100 of every 100,000 emergency department visits recorded in April were because of tick bites, CDC data updated earlier this week shows.
- ▪During the same time last year, tick bites accounted for only 68 out of every 100,000 visits.
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State Watch Tick bites keep sending Americans to emergency departments: When should you seek care? Comments: by Addy Bink - 05/19/26 6:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Addy Bink - 05/19/26 6:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING (NEXSTAR) – Emergency department visits for tick bites have reached the highest rate in nearly 10 years, and experts are already warning that we could be in “for a very bad year” when it comes to these pests. More than 100 of every 100,000 emergency department visits recorded in April were because of tick bites, CDC data updated earlier this week shows. During the same time last year, tick bites accounted for only 68 out of every 100,000 visits. Incident rates in the Northeast sit at 73 out of every 100,000, the highest in the nation, per CDC data.
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