Nearly 31 million Americans are bitten by ticks every year, and with tick-borne illnesses on the rise, officials are urging residents to be cautious.

Ticks and the diseases they carry are only becoming more common. But new treatments and vaccines might not be too far off.

There have been 14 distinct species of ticks recorded in New York by Upstate Medical University’s tick map. The most common is the deer tick, but all of them can transmit Lyme disease.

Emergency room visits for tick bites are at a six-year high. Here’s how to prevent tick bites, and what to do if you get bitten.

A University of Arizona researcher is part of an effort to identify the diseases carried by ticks, and she's asking people to send her samples.

Health officials first reported that blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, had established a presence in eastern Nebraska in 2019. Two Nebraska cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2021 ...

There’s nothing fancy about tick hunting. When University of Pittsburgh professor Danielle Tufts and her team of public health students go out, they bring just a few things: A white jumpsuit, a pair ...

Thomas Aarholt and Chloe, one and a half years old, live in the centre of Oslo, the capital of Norway. A few weeks ago, Chloe ...

Symptoms include high fever, headaches, and muscle and joint pain, which appear in cycles of 2 to 7 days and then disappear ...

Lorain County Public Health has issued a warning to residents about a tick species that’s causing an increase in Lyme disease ...

Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, which requires a tick to be embedded for over 36 hours to pose a risk.

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