WTOP May 02, 2026 • 08:28

DC-area emergency rooms are seeing more patients with tick bites - WTOP

By Kate Ryan

DC-area emergency rooms are seeing more patients with tick bites - WTOP

The weekly rates of emergency room visits due to tick bites are the highest they’ve been since 2017, according to the CDC.

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.
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