See how many tick bite-related emergency department visits the Northeast has seen this summer compared to last summer.

Tick exposure is higher this year than any of the last three years, an experts said. Plus, a new species is surging.

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 ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites this year are at the highest levels since 2019, especially in the Northeast, according ...

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.