The Rising Threat Of Tick-Borne Diseases In America—Here’s What To Know

This engorged tick, collected in Annapolis, Maryland is likely a female adult deer tick, or Ixodes scapularis. Deer ticks are also called blacklegged ticks and can transmit the pathogens that cause tickborne diseases such babesiosis and Lyme disease. Credit: NIAID (Photo by: IMAGE POINT…