In our most recent edition of 12 Health, we’re talking all about tick season. 

You see the warnings every year about checking for ticks, wearing long sleeves and pants when in wooded areas, and spraying with Deet, but this year those warnings carry extra weight.

Scientists say a wetter-than-average spring helped the tick population thrive.

In fact, according to the CDC, emergency room visits for tick bites in the Northeast are at their highest levels in five years.