In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

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

Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its TickEncounter Resource ... tick The primary tick ...

Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

In New England, home of the dreaded Lyme disease, Thomas Mather, director of the University of Rhode Island Center for Vector ... primary tick species to be wary of in the U.S. is the black ...

Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its ... species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a life-threatening allergy to red meat, has been linked to ticks in Maine and Washington state.

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

Health unit staff note people do not gain natural immunity to Lyme disease and may develop it more than once. The health unit ...

Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...