Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or ...

Specifically, if the tick that bit you looked engorged with blood, was removed within the last 72 hours and was a blacklegged ...

They are common in the eastern United States. On the west coast lives their closest cousin, the western black-legged tick.

Much of the Western Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan has been identified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a confirmed area with blacklegged ticks present with Lyme bacteria ...

Powassan encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, two serious tick-borne diseases, have been identified in Minnesota residents, state health officials said today. More commonly occurring ...

Neurology was consulted given the concern of possible Guillan-Barre Syndrome (GBS). After the tick was removed, the patient improved, indicating a diagnosis of tick paralysis (TP). The tick should ...