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.

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.

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

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

Here's what to know about ticks in New York and how to reduce your risk of tick-borne diseases while enjoying time outdoors this summer.

Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...

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.

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

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 ...

Eastern Ontario is at the epicentre of a tick population boom, and with it, health officials are reporting the highest levels ...

“Ohio is on the front lines really of tick expansion and new ticks here in the eastern half of the United States,” McDermott ...

This Peninsula biotech is laying off half its staff as it narrows the focus of its main drug.