Tick bites: Every year is a bad tick year

FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) —It’s summer, a time to hike, garden, vacation – and to be on the lookout for ticks. From Lyme disease to lesser-known illnesses like Heartland virus disease, ehrlichiosis and Colorado tick fever, tick-borne disease cases are increasing rapidly in the United States. In 2017, 59,349 cases were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]