Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

Pennsylvania now stands at the center of America’s Lyme disease epidemic, consistently reporting the highest number of cases ...

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

Erie Times News November 3, 2025 0 Erie County Department of Health shows how to use new device to remove ticks So essentially tweezers, you know, just like if you're gonna pick it off like or like ...

A dog owner in Ohio brought their pet into Oxford Veterinary Hospital after the animal stepped on a nest of ticks while outdoors. Hundreds of ticks were covering the animal, so veterinarian Chantel ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform prevention and treatment. Read the paper: LRP8 is a ...

North Carolina is experiencing a surge in Lyme disease cases. Researchers from UNC Greensboro, North Carolina State, and Appalachian State University conducted a five-year, statewide survey of ...

Ticks are a danger in Virginia and can transmit diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Use EPA-registered insect repellents on skin and clothing, but follow product label ...

CONNECTICUT, USA — Four tick species that likely traveled across continents while attached to humans have been identified in Connecticut. The nonnative species, described as rare and exotic, are not ...

Temperate zones of the northern hemisphere are increasingly impacted by human biting ticks and the human pathogens they transmit. The relationships among ticks, hosts, and pathogens are undergoing ...