Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ...

A new report prompted officials to address the lack of radon testing in schools. Radon is the second leading cause of lung ...

Minnesota typically reports an average of one human and two animal tularemia cases per year. But in 2024, the state confirmed infections in five people and 27 animals — a sharp increase from previous ...

About 10% of victims with severe cases will die, while about half of survivors have long-term neurological problems. No ...

While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme disease is ubiquitous, there’s a lesser-known threat these insects carry that's concerning health experts: the Powassan virus. As the tick season ...

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

Ticks are most active between May and October in Pennsylvania, but it doesn’t mean that they’re not out there now. Already, more than 1,500 cases of Lyme disease — which is spread through the bites of ...

Maryland is home to multiple types of ticks, which can spread disease. Here's what to look out for and how to avoid ...

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

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the lone star tick as “very aggressive,” and it seeks out human ...