Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not ...

Shutterstock Image While the warmer weather brings beautiful flowers and sunshine, it also brings a host of unwanted things.

Directed and edited by Pete Ohs, this SXSW world premiere stars Zoë Chao as a woman thrust into an awkward getaway weekend ...

According to Huynh, covering as much of the skin as possible when outdoors is the best defense against tick bites. However, ...

The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick explores grief, and the unsettling realization that escaping your troubles might ...

While most use winter as a chance for hibernation, around eight dozen people swarmed to the Brown County Music Center for the “Understanding Tick-borne Illness” conference Feb. 19 hosted by the Brown ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

A pharmacist may also suggest topical products, such as hydrocortisone cream. Unlike other insect bites, ticks can embed themselves in a person’s skin. Remove the tick immediately to reduce the ...

Ticks cover the ears and back of this dog in Mexico, where the disease has become an urban epidemic in some areas.

The antibody tests available in the Netherlands are reliable, according to this doctoral research. However, it is important to test only in case of symptoms specific for Lyme disease and a real chance ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can spread to humans if a tick carrying the bacteria bites a person. Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria are the main cause of Lyme disease. The most common ...

Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...