Ever since I plucked a blood plump dog tick from my Golden Retriever/Irish Setter mix Jasper back in the late 80s, I’ve hated ticks with a passion and fought this scourge. Ever vigilant of the tick ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you have ever been bitten by a tick, you may have worried it could transmit a disease like Lyme disease or Powassan virus. Some species are more likely to transmit disease -- ...

Experts say May through June is high tick season and the dangers could be fatal. — -- As temperatures rise and kids and pets across the U.S. return to playing outdoors, they're more likely than ...

This photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Lone Star tick. James Gathany U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Carolina has plenty of ...

Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years. The ticks “were identified on human travelers returning to Connecticut from 2019 to 2023,” according to the Connecticut ...

Ticks are small bugs that survive by sucking the blood of humans and other animals. They are parasites that can transmit disease between the animals and people on whom they feed. In this article, we ...

What would you do if you found a tick bite? A proposed grant program would help states establish a tick identification program, allowing a person to take a picture of the tick, send it to a biologist ...

STATEWIDE, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is asking for Coloradans to send in ticks to help understand the parasitic arachnids in the state. CDPHE states ...

Scientists have confirmed the first fatal case of alpha-gal syndrome, a severe meat allergy caused by a lone star tick bite.

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by ...