If it feels like you're seeing more ticks around, you're not imagining it. This is already being called the "summer of ticks" for good reason: Ticks — including those that spread diseases — are ...

The idea of anything feasting on your blood is freaky, but ticks come with an extra level of concern given their ability to spread serious diseases (Lyme disease, for starters). If you’ve developed a ...

SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern 7 Health Department reported two ticks tested positive for the Enrlichiosis virus. Over the past several months, the department has been monitoring ticks in the ...

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — DEP tick specialist Christian Boyer was dragging for ticks along the Iroquois Trail near Tunkhannock on Wednesday. It didn't take long to spot a black-legged tick, more commonly ...

Stephen Rich is a professor of microbiology and executive director of the CDC-designated New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) at UMass Amherst. Scientists at the ...