With temperatures warming up and more people heading outdoors, residents are once again reminded to keep an eye out for ticks. Ticks can be found in tall grass, brush and wooded areas. They can’t jump ...

Warmer temperatures increase tick activity, raising the risk of tick-borne illnesses, University of Maine Tick Lab warns.

The Vermont Department of Health reports a sharp increase starting in April every year of tick-related visits to emergency ...

Tick-borne illnesses remain a serious threat in Maine, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the University of ...

The CDC warned that Lone Star ticks had affected close to 450,000 people with meat allergies; deer ticks can spread multiple ...

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory adds to its services to help pet owners identify and treat common springtime parasites ...

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, is one tick-triggered allergy that can change what you eat, the medications you tolerate and how ...

WIIKWEMKOONG—A dog in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory has tested positive for Lyme disease in what may be the earliest seasonal case of its kind in recent memory—canine or human—on Manitoulin Island.

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.