The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has ...

NIH reportedly lost 1,200 workers through firings, resignations, early retirements and similar reductions through Kennedy’s ...

New research led by Yale School of Medicine (YSM) advances the goals of creating a diagnostic test and vaccines for ...

Ticks biting humans and dogs this spring have sparked an uptick in ER visits. Here's tips on knowing what ticks look like, ...

Two additional tick species in the U.S. have been found capable of transmitting red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome.

“The deer tick’s small size and greater likelihood of carrying illnesses like Lyme disease is what makes it critical to perform tick checks after spending time in wooded or brushy areas,” said ...

Targeting a key enzyme in the microorganism responsible for the disease could stop both its growth and ability to infect.

With the arrival of spring and summer, the Midwest is bracing for an increase in tick activity – particularly deer ticks, ...

Deer tick activity surged this week as warmer weather stirred the Lyme-disease carrying arachnids out of their dormant winter ...

BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States. This tick can spread a ...