Summer has arrived! Schools are out for summer vacation, and all the great summer activities have begun! The month of May was ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have made a promising discovery that could lead to the development of a natural and effective tick repellent. They have shown that a naturally occurring ...

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

What’s the difference between a deer tick (blacklegged tick) and wood tick (American dog tick)? Here’s what they look like, where they live, and the diseases they carry.

They have shown that a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys effectively repels adult Ixodes scapularis ticks—the most frequent human-biting tick in the U.S. Commonly ...

Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States. Young nymph and adult female ticks typically pose ...

The Blacklegged tick, often called the “deer tick”, is a tick of major public health importance for Lyme disease in Virginia and the Eastern U.S. The male ticks are dark brown or black in ...

(FOX 2) - If you're planning to spend Fourth of July outside, be on the lookout for unwanted holiday guests - ticks.

The number of blacklegged ticks have exploded in the past decade, seemingly getting worse by the year as Canadian seasons get ...

BLACKSBURG — Ottoline Bushey doesn’t know when she was bitten by the black-legged tick that gave her Lyme disease last July, but she said she’s just relieved it gave her ...