Researchers confirmed that black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) can trigger alpha-gal syndrome in humans. A 10-year ...

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.

"Tick bites are often quite scary ... especially a rash that looks like a target lesion, also known as erythema migrans, ...

A flea bite typically leads to small, raised lesions. People sensitive to insect ... ticks can embed themselves in a person’s skin. Remove the tick immediately to reduce the risk of an infection ...

When science writer Kris Newby got deathly ill after a tick bite, her research led her to uncover shocking facts about America’s history of weaponizing parasites. “This is a story of the ...

"A tiny tick could have taken our sweet boy from us. We are so lucky to be able to share his story," Jonny Simoson's mom Jamie Simoson told PEOPLE on Saturday A 3-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was ...