{"id":266044,"date":"2026-08-15T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266044\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:04:10","slug":"pennsylvania-department-of-health-shares-steps-for-removing-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266044\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Department of Health Shares Steps for Removing Ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ziplink.us\/t\/T0YhbQ2yEAwA42JO\" data-reference=\" CVBA Ad \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cvba-8-3.png\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding residents to remove ticks as soon as possible after finding one attached to the body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the department, a person does not need to wait to see a healthcare provider before removing an attached tick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department recommends using clean, fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin\u2019s surface as possible. The tick should then be pulled away from the skin using steady, even pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After removal, the live tick should be disposed of without crushing it with bare fingers. The bite area and hands should be thoroughly cleaned.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/synap.so\/t\/XO01VeEkgot19K8QGgkCl7tN7LOytQWIpM3uAviOMXqo4AqaNaySNoEU\" data-reference=\" Meritus \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meritus-3-9.jpeg\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department also recommends checking the rest of the body for additional ticks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information about tick removal is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4gCnARi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4gCnARi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credits to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth?__cft__[0]=AZZq-QLFa2xO_b0leScXfExLJwi1zgdQqCXGdKJO-7diqdOf61Kdol7Qaj3qcTjnvdZ63EvPOyKGW4w6Z9dCIQFAwQNzsVbz2iOu_KOPeyMYbz25D6SEqYaJD1U0lTL9b9HXJHuh6M_3CL25hUGGwYjCToHkV5azSNspjCZpV_g2pbzNs8In_GYNH32LKjCO6NI&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania Department of Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/synap.so\/t\/XO01VeEkgot19K8QGgkCl7tN7LOytQWIpM3uAviOMXqo4AqaNaySNoEU\" data-reference=\" Meritus \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meritus-3-9.jpeg\"\/>  <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/synap.so\/t\/KfcxcsPSiSLaY8FCnMJvdDTmWt8eGSbG9pszuIJ9uwHn8z2qRfZyxX1J\" data-reference=\"Squires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Squires-5-6.png\"\/>  <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding residents to remove ticks as soon as possible after finding one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-266044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}