Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

West: In Western states (including California), tick bites are considerably less common, but they do happen — around 6% of people report getting them, according to CDC research. Lyme disease ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the U.S., estimated to affect more than 470,000 people each year. "But ticks can actually expose people in the U.S. to more than a dozen different ...

To see which tick-borne diseases have been found in your area, you can check historic data (2019-2022) by county on a CDC map, and in many cases, state and local health department websites, says ...