Two rare types of ticks have been discovered in Maine including one that could cause 'life-threatening' conditions in human ...

Researchers have discovered ticks in Maine carrying a new strain of bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection in humans.

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

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

Lyme Disease: Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral shaped bacterium called a spirochete. This bacterium is carried in the gut of the deer tick Ixodes dammini. The tick becomes infected ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies ... Carried by blacklegged ticks (more commonly known as ...

What are the things that signify a Manitoba spring? The sight and sounds of geese, the lawn taking on the faintest shade of ...

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

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

Experts say Wisconsin will have the usual number of ticks and mosquitos this year. Ticks and mosquitos are more than pesky pests. They can carry and spread illnesses such as Lyme disease and ...