Summer is the season of hiking, swimming, and enjoying the warmth of the sun on your skin. It’s also, unfortunately, the season of ticks. The blood-sucking critter population peaks when the weather ...

Southwest Virginia is a hotspot for tick-borne disease— with some of the highest per-person rates of Lyme disease in the ...

There are many insects out there just itching to sink their tiny teeth into you, but few present as many dangers as a tick. Tick bites may leave you with painful and itchy red marks, but they may also ...

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: A disease that could make you allergic to meat? It’s real, out there, and more concerning, it’s being spread by an aggressive species of ticks.

As we head into prime tick season, it's important to have a strong line of defense against tick-borne illnesses. But if spending a lot of time outside is an important part of your life, you don't ...

Scientists have found a new way to repel and kill ticks and mosquitos using a natural ingredient found in grapefruit and cedar trees, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Panic over a spreading species of tick whose bite can induce a severe allergic reaction to meat may be hitting home in Pennsylvania. The lone star tick, named after the distinctive white mark on the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re gearing up to go hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, or otherwise enjoy the great outdoors, you ...

Last summer, in a town just outside New York City, a tick bit a man. This ought to sound unexceptional. Ticks are normal on the upper East Coast; after all, tick-transmitted Lyme disease was first ...