In these 10 states — Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio — 137 out of every 100,000 emergency department visits in April were related to tick bites. That’s just shy of the one-month incident rate record the region saw last May, of 153 per 100,000, and well above the 56 per 100,000 it sees on average in April.
Illinois, Iowa are seeing their worst tick activity in nearly 10 years
June 2, 2026
