"Public health agencies should be aware of the increasing risk." Researchers issue warning as dangerous tick-borne disease ...

Warmer weather means tick season across the U.S., and a number of tick-borne disease cases has increased over the past few years. “Lyme disease is gonna be the most common disease we see,” said Nicole ...

A new study from the Cary Institute found 10% of ticks sampled carried multiple pathogens, including those that cause Lyme and babesiosis.

More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.

According to a university news release, cases of babesiosis — an illness caused by parasites that infect red blood cells — are on the rise in Virginia. Professor Holly Gaff, a Department of Biological ...

(NEXSTAR) – You’ve likely heard public health officials’ repeated pleas to check yourself, your kids and your pets for tick bites, which can spread serious diseases. While Lyme disease gets the most ...

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ticks that cause most Lyme disease cases. With temperatures rising, people ...

The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Tick-related interactions are on the rise, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting record-breaking tick-related ER visits for the first time since 2017 this ...

If you think you are seeing more ticks, you are not imagining things. With the growth of the deer population come more ticks, which can spread maladies like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- State and national health officials are encouraging people to take caution as the number of emergency room visits for tick bites spikes. Emergency room visits for tick bites have gone ...

In 2023, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a dramatic rise in babesiosis, a historically rare tick-borne disease, throughout New England. Here in Maine, where ...