Rates of a tick-borne parasitic disease are on the rise

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease, according to a new study led by researchers at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the Penn State College of Medicine.