Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the western ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: This disease is carried by a bacterium and can be transmitted by the bites of dog or wood ticks. Contrary to what the name of the disease suggests, it can be found ...

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

sometimes bites can lead to further complications. Some ticks carry diseases, such as rocky mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that some ticks carry ...

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 ...