And while we are on the subject of an uptick in ticks (see what we did there? *groans), here's an oldie but a goodie of a time when the worst thing CDC did to offend the public was putting ticks on muffins.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
It's part of a CDC effort to warn Americans of tick-borne infections such as Lyme disease that the agency said are on the rise.