Tick-borne illnesses reached record high in the state last year

The number of tick-borne diseases in Minnesota reached record numbers last year, the state Department of Health said today. Bites from blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, led to 1,239 cases of Lyme disease, 322 cases of human anaplasmosis and 24 cases of babesiosis. Those numbers were... [read full story]