Protect yourself (and your furry friend) this summer from unwanted bug bites with this handy tick removal device. If you’re ever tried to remove a tick by burning it with a match, you’re not alone.

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Inside a tick, the goal for the bacteria is to get past the digestive tract and infect the salivary glands, where it will accumulate and await transmission into the next mammal the tick feeds on, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring means warmer weather and an uptick in peak activity of nymph ticks making May the best time to highlight National Lyme ...

GOSHEN - Donna LaFountain knows about tick-bourne diseases. She and her husband have both had Lyme disease, and one of her two dogs has Ehrlichiosis, a disease that affects the immune system. So when ...

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