Tick-borne illness ER visits surge to decade-high levels as doctors warn of disease spike

Emergency room visits have surged due to tick bites and severe allergic reactions, with patients requiring medical intervention across multiple states.

Each summer, the natural world reasserts its presence in human life — and this year, it arrives with unusual force. Across the United States, tick populations have reached their highest density in a decade, and emergency rooms are absorbing the consequences at a pace not seen in any comparable season in recent memory. Tennessee has emerged as a focal point, where hospitals are treating not only bites but the severe allergic reactions and early infections that follow. The question now is whether a surge in encounters becomes a surge in lasting illness — and whether the systems built to protect

Tick-borne illness ER visits surge to decade-high levels as doctors warn of disease spike

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