Rise in Tick-Borne Disease That Kills Up to 1 in 5 Vulnerable People

A tick at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in Maison-Alfort, on July 20, 2016. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

There has been a considerable increase in the potentially deadly tick-borne disease babesiosis in the United States, according to new research.

Incidences of babesiosis “significantly increased” in the northeastern United States between 2011 and 2019, according to a March 17 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).