Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

Ticks can be active in any season and it’s important to check for and remove the bloodsuckers as quickly as possible — ...

Scientists have discovered that the bacteria behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis have a sneaky way of surviving inside ticks ...

Wet weather this spring — and two years ago — could lead to an increase in ticks in Colorado, though the Front Range will get ...

Between 2004 and 2016, tick-borne disease cases more than doubled, with 82 percent of those cases being Lyme disease. (Other tick-borne diseases include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Anaplasmosis ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

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

As summer adventuring kicks into gear, it’s important to stay apprised of the risks of tick bites. Dr. Meegan Leve, a ...

The study is intended to focus on diagnostics and treatment of Lyme IACI symptoms and not to improve diagnostics and treatment for acute Lyme disease. As such, the prevention of Lyme disease ...

Background Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause early and late manifestations. The category of probable Lyme disease was recently ...

WHAT TO KNOW A new Lyme disease vaccine, VLA15, is currently being tested and the manufacturers could ask the FDA for authorization as early as 2026. A previous vaccine, LYMErix, was rolled out in ...