A New Hampshire man is battling a serious tick-borne virus that has left him in critical condition. According to friends and family, John Reagan, 66, is nonverbal after he was bitten by a tick while walking his dog. He was hospitalized in Boston, where his condition deteriorated quickly after he was admitted. “When he first … Read more
It’s tick season, and if you’re a homeowner in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, Middle Atlantic, Ohio River Valley, and even the South, don’t be surprised if they’re particularly active in your area. Not only are ticks a nuisance, but they’ve also led to a growing number of emergency room visits. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
There could be a serious up-tick. The Big Apple is about to be bled dry — and not just because of ferocious tax hikes. This spring and summer, NYC could see an influx of biblical levels of disease-harboring ticks and mosquitoes, borne aloft by warming weather and booming vector populations. It’s enough to have locals … Read more
Tick bites are sending Americans to the emergency room at the highest rate in nearly a decade, according to new CDC data. During the second week of April, 71 out of every 100,000 emergency room visits were for tick bites — more than double the usual average of about 30 per 100,000, said the agency, … Read more
They came for your blood — and stole your burgers. A growing number of Americans are being forced into veganism after contracting a bizarre, tick-borne allergy that turns red meat and dairy into a life-threatening hazard. To make the meatless life a little easier to swallow, PETA is dishing out a plant-based cookbook even the staunchest carnivores … Read more
Warning: This story might seriously tick you off. Nearly 31 million Americans are bitten every year by tiny, blood-sucking parasites — and 2025 is no different. Emergency room visits for tick bites are surging nationwide, with July numbers hitting their highest point since 2017, according to the CDC’s Tick Bite Data Tracker. Ticks are most active … Read more
Barbecue is a staple in most Midwestern diets. When paired with a side of potato salad, it becomes a mouth-watering meal. However, for one Kansas man, it nearly cost him his life, all thanks to a tick bite. “I knew something was wrong when I was in the ER in September of this last year,” Brian McCornack told FOX … Read more
Ticks are emerging earlier than usual this year, experts warn, and we could be in for a severe season. The parasites are typically most active from April to September, but New Hampshire health officials have already started fielding reports of ticks. And one Minnesota county reported its first deer tick of the year in early … Read more
He should’ve done a tick Czech. A priest in the Czech Republic sliced off his own penis with a knife after he was allegedly driven psychotic by a tick bite. “We don’t know exactly what happened, it was probably a health problem,” the mayor of Českobudějovick, Southern Bohemia, where the alarming incident occurred, told local … Read more
Tick tac toe? With tick-borne afflictions spreading across the US at an alarming rate, there’s been an up-tick in horror stories involving this eight-legged scourge. Recently, an Ohio man lost all the toes on one of his feet after a tick bite triggered an infection that snowballed out of control. “It was infected that bad,” … Read more
Growing number of meat allergy cases linked to tick bites, CDC warns – CBS News Watch CBS News In a report released Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 450,000 Americans since 2010 may have developed alpha-gal syndrome, a potentially life-threatening meat allergy that is spread by tick bites. … Read more
A little-known, life-threatening food allergy that is triggered by a tick bite could be affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday. The condition is called Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) — also known as the “red-meat allergy” or … Read more