Medical experts are warning that Lyme disease cases in 2017 may be on the way up in the coming weeks and months, due to a huge rise in deer tick populations.
Summer is usually the time when Lyme disease is most common, and a report from Time suggests that Lyme disease may become a bigger problem than it usually is at that time of the year. Public health officials and other medical experts believe there is a good chance thousands of people may be at risk of contracting the tick-borne disease. Reforestation and climate change, the report adds, have combined to expand the range of deer ticks. And thanks to this year’s mild winter, an “unusually large” number of animals have been able to survive out in the wild, thereby serving as host to the eight-legged, potentially disease-bearing critters.
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