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Warmer Temps Bring Soaring Tick Populations – Here’s How to Stay Safe From Lyme Disease
The CDC says tick-bite emergency room visits are at their highest weekly rate for this time of year since 2017, signaling more Lyme disease risk.
- Emergency room visits for tick bites have reached their highest weekly rate since 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the 2026 tick season booms across the nation.
- Warmer weather and shifting rainfall patterns now allow ticks to survive in new regions, while development projects increasingly bring deer and mice habitats closer to people in the Upper Midwest and Northeast.
- Deer ticks usually must attach for 24 to 48 hours to transmit Lyme disease, while early symptoms like fever or a bull's-eye rash typically emerge within three to 30 days after infection.
- Pfizer announced in March 2026 that its late-stage vaccine study prevented Lyme disease in 70% of participants, offering hope as healthcare providers may recommend preventive antibiotics within 72 hours of a bite.
- About 60% of people who do not treat Lyme disease can develop arthritis, and in rare cases the infection affects the heart or nervous system, causing long-term damage that may persist for years.
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Warmer temps bring soaring tick populations – here’s how to stay safe from Lyme disease
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Wisconsin could be in for ‘a big year’ for Lyme disease as tick bites soar - KFIZ News-Talk 1450 AM
Some Wisconsin health professionals are bracing for a bad year for Lyme disease, as tick activity is already higher in April than it was the same time last year. In much of the nation, emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest weekly rate for this time of year since 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Wisconsin, data from the state Department of Health Services for the week ending April 19 s…
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