More than 44% of ticks submitted to Buckeye Tick Test in the last year came from people’s own yards, with another 12.5% found while walking in neighborhoods.

Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more heavily populated areas of the state. The number of Lyme disease cases in ...

Blacklegged tick populations in New England and New York aren’t exploding, but the number of ticks carrying disease-causing pathogens has risen sharply over recent decades. Research led by Dartmouth ...

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Alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne illness that causes people to develop a serious allergy to meat and dairy, is "an emerging public health concern in Massachusetts," the state epidemiologist says. Dr ...

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

Tick numbers are steady, but disease risk is rising Blacklegged tick populations in New England and New York aren’t exploding, but the number of ticks carrying disease-causing pathogens has risen ...