bug bites Archives - Marketplace

With a rise in tick, mosquito and flea-borne infections, come high health care costs

by Danielle Prieur

Dec 4, 2018

In Florida, changing climate and a lack of good diagnostic tools make it easier for insect-borne diseases like Eastern Equine Encephalitis to spread.

The number of people who got sick in the United States from an infected mosquito, tick, or flea tripled between 2004 and 2016.

APU GOMES/AFP/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

SUBSCRIBE

Need some Econ 101?

Our new Marketplace Crash Course is here to help. Sign-up for free, learn at your own pace.