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

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

Emergency room visits for tick bites are at a six-year high. Here’s how to prevent tick bites, and what to do if you get bitten.

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 ...

There’s nothing fancy about tick hunting. When University of Pittsburgh professor Danielle Tufts and her team of public health students go out, they bring just a few things: A white jumpsuit, a pair ...

Anaplasmosis is transmitted by the same tick that spreads Lyme disease, but it doesn't come with a rash and can be deadly. A ...

June 16, 2025 – Ready to hit the great outdoors this season? Just make sure you've taken steps to protect yourself from ticks and tickborne illness, which experts say is on the rise.

Discover how donkey skin extract matches DEET in repelling ticks, offering a natural alternative to chemical repellents.

What’s the difference between a deer tick (blacklegged tick) and wood tick (American dog tick)? Here’s what they look like, where they live, and the diseases they carry.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they ...

They have shown that a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys effectively repels adult Ixodes scapularis ticks—the most frequent human-biting tick in the U.S. Commonly ...