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Weekly emergency visits for tick bites on the rise in Midwest: CDC

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Weekly emergency visits for tick bites on the rise in Midwest: CDC

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Consumer Reports: Allergies caused by ticks

  • Jul 15, 2019
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Consumer Reports: Protect your family from ticks

  • Jul 10, 2018
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Tick bites cause red-meat allergies

  • Jun 25, 2018
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Consumer Report: Top tested repellents for mosquitoes, ticks

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Mississippi mom urgently warns parents to check for ticks after daughter suffers tick paralysis

  • Jun 10, 2018
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Invasive tick species from Asia spotted in New Jersey has officials worried for animals

  • May 23, 2018

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Consumer Reports: Allergies caused by ticks

With the weather warming up, more and more people are outside, which means more and more people are exposed to ticks and tick-borne illnesses.

  • Jul 15, 2019

Toddler bitten by tick falls into coma: 'We couldn't get him to do anything'

Kayla Oblisk said her 2-year-old son's fever reached 105 degrees after he contracted Rocky Mountain spotted fever from a tick.

  • Jun 3, 2019
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Lone Star ticks cause red-meat allergies, moving to northern U.S.

Health experts are warning that a bite from the Lone Star tick could cause an allergy to red meat and, in some cases, dairy products.

  • Jun 25, 2018
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Mississippi mom urgently warns parents to check for ticks after daughter suffers tick paralysis

A Mississippi mom has an urgent warning for parents after a tick bite left her young daughter with difficulty walking and talking.

  • Jun 10, 2018
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CDC says tick, mosquito, flea-related illnesses on the rise

Doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are startled by the skyrocketing number of illnesses mosquito, tick and flea bites so far this year.

  • May 2, 2018