Health
Radford tops area tick lyme report
Mountain Media, LLCJuly 28, 2026
Radford has one of Virginia's higher CDC Lyme disease rates at 80 per 100,000, ranking 11th highest among 121 Virginia localities as tick sightings rise in the New River Valley.
Marty Gordon Tick sightings are on the rise throughout the New River Valley, and with that comes the danger of Lyme disease. Nathan Burnett with TickZone, a free site that scores tick risk for every town in the country, says Radford carries one of Virginia’s higher CDC Lyme rates, 80 per 100,000, the 11th-highest of Virginia’s 121 […]