Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...

Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They ...

A tick bite can look like a red, swollen area on your skin. There may also be a bull's eye around the bite. Sometimes, the ...

Ticks and the diseases they carry are only becoming more common. But new treatments and vaccines might not be too far off.

While tick bites increase every summer, with another small spike in the fall, 2025's numbers are the worst since 2019, ...

Ticks live in North Carolina year-round, and can transmit serious illnesses such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky ...

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the ...

As tick season is well underway in Fort Leonard Wood, medical professionals at the General Leonard Wood Army Community ...

So far in 2025, more than 31% of the ticks tested in New York were positive for at least one pathogen, according to the ...

Blacklegged ticks now account for 99% of reported tick bite illnesses in Vermont, and more than half tested carry Lyme disease.

Lynne McCormack moved to Chilmark last year and enjoys working at the public library in the small town on Martha’s Vineyard.