Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

The research initiative comes amid a growing risk of outbreaks of diseases that spread from animals to humans. Read more at ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has now been confirmed in locally acquired human cases in the U.K., with evidence of ...

A team of biomolecular engineers, pathologists, and internal medicine specialists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, ...

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

Experts have sent an urgent message to the British public about the presence of a virus that could hit the country soon.

You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) spreads through tick bites, similar to Lyme disease, and has the potential to cause serious ...

Senators who grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his controversial medical claims following his nomination to be US health ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

BlueArc Biosciences has been a winner in all three phases so far of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator competition as it works ...