It’s that time of year again. The sun is starting to shine brighter, the leaves are slowly unfolding, daffodils are blooming, and one of the Island’s biggest public health enemies is returning: the ...

Climate change and growing deer populations have helped Lyme disease proliferate in New England. But there are several ways ...

For those looking to go outside and enjoy a beautiful spring day, keep in mind that Connecticut is attracting more and more ticks, and those ticks are carrying more and ...

In northern states, a tick’s life cycle is two years long. University of Minnesota Associate Professor Jon Oliver explains ...

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

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

However, warm temperatures also signal the arrival of ticks, making folks more vulnerable to develop a tick-borne disease such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Courtesy: CDC Not all tick bites are ...

The lab tests ticks sent in from all of Maine's 16 counties. Last year, more than 3,500 deer ticks were tested. Of those tested, nearly 42 percent were positive for the bacteria that cause Lyme ...

In 2024, five people and 27 animals in Minnesota contracted the rare bacterial disease tularemia in the seven-county ...

WARREN COUNTY – Warren County Health Services has created a new website to compile data about local tick encounters, to allow residents and visitors to report tick contacts for a public map and ...

As the weather warms and more people get outdoors to enjoy Ontario’s landscape, a small insect in forests and fields is also reawakening: the tick. But thanks to an Acadia University study, a natural ...