Tick season

Steamtown National Historic site will host a two-day reunion of two historic Big Boy railroad engines starting this morning. The city is expecting thousands of visitors for the event.

The weather is getting warmer and with that, peak tick season has arrived in Pennsylvania. This year is shaping up to be the worst in a while, all across the country. WVIA’s Lydia McFarlane stops by the WVIA podcast studio with everything you need to know to stay safe.

For most of the country, weekly emergency visits for tick bites are at the highest rates for this time of year since 2017, according to the CDC.That’s also true for Pennsylvania.

Late spring to early summer is considered to be one of two peaks of Pennsylvania’s year-round tick season, according to East Stroudsburg University’s Tick Research Lab. Here’s what to know during the first peak of this year, as cases of alpha-gal syndrome which causes a red meat and dairy allergy, pop up around the state.