Number Getting Illnesses From Ticks, Mosquitoes, Fleas Triples, CDC Says
With temperatures warming up, federal officials are warning area residents to be alert during Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May and through the summer.
Illnesses from mosquito, tick, and flea bites have tripled nationally in the past decade, with more than 640,000 cases reported during the 13 years from 2004 through 2016, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since then, nine new germs spread by mosquitoes and ticks were discovered or introduced into the country.
The recently released findings mark the CDC’s first study examining the data involving the bites of…
