{
  "id": 7357404,
  "title": "When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/when-a-tick-bite-no-longer-means-a-trip-to-the-emergency-room",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-14T16:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-longer-emergency-room.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2021, Nova Scotia began allowing pharmacists to prescribe preventive treatment for Lyme disease after high-risk tick bites. Researchers found that emergency department visits for tick bites dropped by roughly 50% after the change. These findings suggest that by offering such services for preventive health, community pharmacists may decrease the burden on other parts of the health care system.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}