Texas News Tips for Ticks: How to Remain Bite-Free This Summer KWBU | By Texas Standard Published June 14, 2017 at 12:47 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:23 spex/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) A deer tick, which carries and transmits Lyme disease bacteria. Health officials warn that ticks, and tick-borne diseases , could reach a record high this summer.