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

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

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

With spring-like weather starting to arrive in Wisconsin, officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services say it’s ...

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

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe tick-vectored food allergy caused by sensitivity to the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ...

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

The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks and the bacteria that cause Lyme disease at the ...

NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and Local Land Services (LLS) have reminded producers ...

Scientists at Montana State University’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology are working to develop a better vaccination for Lyme disease.

Dear EarthTalk: "Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on ...

Ticks carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever prefer to feed on them, creating unprecedented case numbers of the disease in São Paulo. Neutering capybaras in affected areas could help, a UC Davis ...