It's Been A Bad Summer For Tick Bites In The Northeast. Here's Why And What You Should Look For.

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Updated on: July 8, 2025 / 8:00 AM EDT

This has been one of the worst tick seasons in quite a while. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency room visits for tick bites in the Northeast are at their highest levels in at least five years.

Last month, the CDC recorded 229 tick bites per every 100,000 visits to ERs around the Northeast. In June 2024, the CDC recorded 167 bites per 100,000 visits.

The type of tick that typically carries disease in New England is the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, which can be as small as a poppy seed.

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