A blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, which is a carrier of Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP Invasive plants, new housing development ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tick bites are sending people to the ED at a higher rates this spring than any year since 2017. An ID expert ...

The CDC is warning of a potentially bad tick season, with weekly ER visits for bites at their highest since 2017. Ticks can spread more than a dozen diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the United States. There is no vaccine to protect against it in humans. Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and Valneva, a European ...

A warmer-than-average winter has given the disease-riddled insects a change to breed in record numbers — and they're "booming right now," health officials say getty Emergency room visits for tick ...

It seems we’re not the only ones loving this warmer weather — ticks are back in full force. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest rate in nearly a decade, according to the Centers ...

Tick season is off to its worst April start in nearly a decade — and Northeast residents are in the epicenter. Emergency department visits for tick bites in the Northeast hit 168 per 100,000 ER visits ...

Ticks are out this season and if you spot one on you or yourself or your pet, it's likely one of Michigan's most populous species. When you're on your next hike, or even out in your yard, be sure to ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he’s conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of ...

The agency says the bites are sending Americans to the emergency room (ER) at the highest rate in nearly 10 years. During the second week of April, 71 out of every 100,000 emergency room visits were ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports cases have quadrupled over the past several years, rising to more than 2,000 this past year. Cases have quadrupled over the past several ...

Tick bites are sending Americans to the emergency room at the highest rate in nearly a decade, according to new CDC data. During the second week of April, 71 out of every 100,000 emergency room visits ...