Blacklegged ticks now account for 99% of reported tick bite illnesses in Vermont, and more than half tested carry Lyme disease.

Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.

Ticks are small arachnids that can feed on your blood and transmit life-threatening illnesses, but the risk of transmission is low if you remove the tick safely and quickly and take other ...

It’s tick season, and national data shows more people are going to the emergency room for tick bites than they have in years.

Emergency departments are seeing a notable increase in patients with tick bites, and the state epidemiologist said a tick species previously eradicated in the region is now ...

Babesiosis is a malaria-like disease that is more commonly found in the Northeast and upper Midwest of the United States.

"Early diagnosis and treatment, with additional follow-up by health care providers, has the potential to improve patient ...

"Patients reporting tick exposure is higher this spring and early summer than at any point during the last three years," Dr.

Scores of the US are reporting a higher rate than usual in tick bites which has prompted medics to warn about the many Lyme disease symptoms.

Gillian Graham’s July 4 article, “High court vacates part of damages paid to family of misdiagnosed man,” described a doctor working under an undeveloped understanding of Lyme disease. Forced to ...

This summer's May and June spikes in tick bites are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast, according to data ...

Western New Yorkers are finding ticks in unexpected places — and often missing the most important warning sign. ➡️ Why that could be a big problem: ...