This year, there were more emergency-room visits for tick bites during the month of April than in any year since 2017.

A rise in lyme disease-positive ticks and an increase in emergency room visits due to bites this spring has sparked plenty of ...

Lone star ticks are associated with Alpha-gal syndrome, a rare allergic reaction to mammal meat.

First and foremost, it is crucial to do all you can to avoid tick bites as this is the best defense against tick-borne diseases. To begin with, it is important to know where to expect ticks. Ticks ...

Spring is off to a strange start in more ways than one. Across the country, people have been heading to emergency rooms after ...

A new peer-reviewed study from The Ohio State University provides the first quantitative evidence that ticks transported ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas health officials report an uptick in tickborne illnesses in recent weeks. The patients include a familiar face to many Topekans. Shannon Reilly, artistic director for ...

As Lily continues to fight the disease, inflammation is causing scarring in her brain, her mother says. “We certainly had no idea a 20-minute walk on the West Tisbury bike path beside our home, a walk ...

Tick risk is no longer seasonal. Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology), explains what’s changed and how to protect patients year-round. Tick populations are expanding in both range and ...