A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...

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

According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s 2025 forecast, the deer tick is expanding its U.S. range southward and ...

Higher temperatures mean we are approaching the peak season for ticks and the diseases they carry. Pets cannot only track ticks into our homes, but they are also not immune to tick-borne illnesses ...

Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ...

(via CDC website) This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease.

Many are hopeful that New York City’s recent cold, snowy winter will knock out the black-legged deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. Despite the common misconception that cold weather kills ticks ...

Carried by blacklegged ticks (more commonly known as deer ticks) the Powassan virus can cause neurological damage and, in rare cases, death. Last year, there were 14 reported cases in Minnesota ...