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 Valne ...

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country. Some ...

Emergency department visits for tick bites have reached their highest early-season level since 2017, according to CDC data. The Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast are seeing the most cases, with ...

Across much of the US, more people than usual for this time of year have been reporting to the emergency room with tick bites ...

The first-ever recorded Northeast case of a tick-borne disease was reported in Connecticut, officials said. Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis is a type of spotted fever transmitted through infected ...

Tick bites are on the rise in the US, but Florida's health department isn't reporting case data, leaving residents in the ...

Emergency rooms across the country have seen tick bite visits surpass decade highs for three straight weeks, with Michigan ...

The first human case of a new tick-borne disease in Connecticut has been confirmed. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the first locally acquired human case of Rickettsia ...

(WFSB) - An emerging tick-borne illness from an invasive species of tick has been confirmed in a person in Connecticut. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reported on Monday that the ...

Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more ...

Ticks are out as people head outdoors this spring, and a doctor is warning about a little-known illness on the rise.

Ticks are ectoparasites (a parasite that lives on the skin) which have four different life stages – egg, larva, nymph, and ...